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Google hit with complaint in South Korea over YouTube's licensing terms

By Jenny Lee ( November 10, 2025, 05:51 GMT | Insight) -- Google's YouTube is facing allegations that it disadvantages one South Korean music-rights organization over another through discriminatory royalty terms, creating an uneven playing field that ultimately harms creators. The Korea Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers accused the tech giant of structurally discriminating against it in favor of the larger Korea Music Copyright Association, in a complaint submitted to the Korea Fair Trade Commission on Oct. 31. Google's YouTube is facing allegations that it disadvantages one South Korean music-rights organization over another through discriminatory royalty terms, creating an uneven playing field that ultimately harms creators....

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