Support for Overseas Copyright Response Doubles in One Year

Korea Copyright Protection Agency Provides Support for 32 Cases

Support for overseas content companies and creators in responding to copyright infringement has doubled within a year.

According to the interim results of the "2026 Customized Overseas Copyright Voucher Support Project," released by the Korea Copyright Protection Agency on September 3, 2026, the program has provided support to 32 cases as of the end of last month. This includes 27 companies, three individuals, and two joint response committees. This exceeds the 14 cases supported last year.

This program offers vouchers to cover costs for preventing and responding to copyright infringement for Korean rightsholders entering overseas markets. Participants can select and utilize services tailored to their content category, target country, and type of infringement, including illegal distribution monitoring and removal, sending warning letters, establishing local response strategies, reviewing export contracts, adopting protection technologies, and conducting local litigation as needed.

Eligible content categories include webtoons, videos, games, and characters, with target countries such as the United States, Japan, and China. This year, the total amount of government funding allocated to voucher contracts reached approximately KRW 1.8 billion. By genre, webtoons and videos each accounted for nine cases, making them the most common. Characters followed with five cases, while games, comic publishing, and fine art each received support for three cases.

Yoon Sungcheon, President of the Korea Copyright Protection Agency, stated, "Overseas copyright infringement poses significant challenges for small and medium-sized enterprises and individual creators, as legal systems, languages, and platform response procedures vary by country. We will strengthen our support to ensure the vouchers serve as a practical means of protection, from preparing to enter overseas markets, to blocking infringement, and pursuing legal remedies."

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