The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Korea Copyright Commission and the Korea Copyright Protection Agency said Thursday they will run a copyright protection campaign from April 17 to 30 ahead of World Book and Copyright Day on April 23.
Events will be held online and in person, including talk concerts with writers and experts, advance promotion for a copyright awareness contest, and an on-site program at the National Library of Korea.
Two talk concerts are scheduled for April 23. Writer Kim Gyeoul will meet readers at Kyobo Book Centre’s Gwanghwamun store under the theme “The future of books built through copyright protection.” Kim Seong-woo, identified as a doctor, will lecture at the Copyright Museum in Jinju, South Gyeongsang province, on “Artificial intelligence and copyright, literacy.”
Ahead of the “copyright awareness contest” set for May, organizers will run an advance promotion event on the contest website from April 23 until entries open. Participants can register their intent to join and post comments about what they expect. This year’s contest will accept poems and essays promoting respect for and protection of copyright. Organizers plan to select 50 winning works and, in November, award prizes including the Prime Minister’s Award, the culture minister’s award, a special award from the World Intellectual Property Organization, and the Korea Copyright Commission chair’s award, along with total prize money worth 12.5 million won.
Local communities and companies are also joining the campaign. One hundred bookstores nationwide, working with Kyobo Book Centre and the Korea Booksellers Association, will distribute 100,000 bookmarks from April 23 to 30 carrying the message, “A heart that loves books, a heart that respects copyright.” Kakao Corp. said it will run a World Book Day reading club through Kakao Brunch and spread messages encouraging respect for copyright. The National Library of Korea will hold a copyright quiz and a kiosk roulette event for visitors on April 23.
Online, the commission and the protection agency will run four consecutive social media events: “Choose the correct passage” and “Fill in the blank” from April 17 to 23, followed by “Comment on the promotional video” and “Choose a character from a work” from April 23 to 30.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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