The Korea Times
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism launched a two-week copyright awareness campaign, Friday, coinciding with World Book and Copyright Day on April 23, to promote a culture of respect for intellectual property rights. The campaign runs through April 30 and is being carried out in partnership with the Korea Copyright Commission and the Korea Copyright Protection Agency. It features book talk concerts, an online public contest, bookstore collaborations and nationwide social media promotions. Two book talk concerts will be held simultaneously on April 23. Author Kim Gyeo-ul, who has 290,000 subscribers on her Youtube channel “Winter Bookstore,” will speak at Kyobo Book Centre Gwanghwamun on building a better future for books through stronger copyright protection. Separately, applied linguist Kim Soung-u will hold a talk at the National Copyright Museum on artificial intelligence, copyright and literacy. Beginning April 23, 100 regional bookstores — including 30 Kyobo Book Centre branches and 70 affiliated with the Korea Booksellers Association — will distribute 100,000 book
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