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AI copyright overhaul in South Korea may blend US, EU models, expert says

By Choonsik Yoo ( November 6, 2025, 05:47 GMT | Insight) -- Discussions within a government-initiated working group of experts indicate that South Korea is leaning toward adopting a hybrid approach to updating its copyright framework for AI model training, combining the US fair-use doctrine with the EU’s text-and-data-mining opt-out model, a member of the group told MLex in an interview. A consensus emerging from discussions within a working group points to South Korea leaning toward blending a US “fair-use” doctrine with the EU’s “TDM with opt-out requirements” style in redefining its copyright framework on data use for AI model training, a member of the group said. TDM stands for text-and-data-mining....

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