The Korea Times
A Sejong University research team has been selected for a government-supported research and development (R&D) project aimed at addressing copyright protection issues of webtoons and characters, the school said Thursday. The team will be led by professor Gu Yeong-hyeon of the Department of Artificial Intelligence Data Science and professor Han Chang-wan of the Department of Cartoon and Animation. The university said the team will carry out a global copyright issues rapid response project under the “2026 Culture, Sports and Tourism R&D Program” promoted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Creative Content Agency. The project aims to develop “opt-out” response technologies and evaluation models for the protection of character and webtoon copyrights in generative artificial intelligence (AI) environments. Webtoon refers to a type of digital comic that originated in Korea and is designed specifically for reading on smartphones or computers. A school official said the project is significant as the copyright protection of webtoons and characters has emerged as a
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