Article 24-2 (Free Use of Public Works) |
(1) | A work produced as part of official duties and already made public by the State or a local government, or a work of which the author's economic right is owned in its entirety by the State or a local government under a contract, may be used without permission: |
1. | Where it includes any information pertaining to national security; |
2. | Where it corresponds to an individual's privacy or confidential business information; |
3. | Where it includes any information of which disclosure is limited under other Acts; |
4. | Where it is registered with the Korea Copyright Commission under Article 112 (hereinafter through Article 111 referred to as the "Commission"), and is managed as State-owned property under the State Property Act or as public property under the Public Property and Commodity Management Act. |
(2) | The State may establish and enforce policies to invigorate use of public works, as prescribed by Presidential Decree, in order to promote the use of works which are produced and made public by a public institution or of which the author's economic right is owned in its entirety under a contract by a public institution pursuant to Article 4 of the Act on the Management of Public Institutions. |
(3) | When it is acknowledged as necessary for free use, the State or a local government may permit the use of public works among those prescribed in paragraph (1) 4, as prescribed by Presidential Decree, notwithstanding the State Property Act or the Public Property and Commodity Management Act. |