Korea Joongang Daily
Korea JoongAng Daily

'Best friend and lover': AI will be K-pop's blessing, says Lee Soo-man

The General Assembly of the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (Cisac), the biggest gathering of content creators and copyright organizations, took place on Thursday at the Conrad Hotel in Yeouido, western Seoul.

2024-05-30

Cisac to hold artist rights conference in Korea for first time in 20 years

The International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers, also known as Cisac, will hold its General Assembly, an international conference on creators' rights, in Yeouido, western Seoul, this year.

2024-05-09

Seventeen's producer Bumzu is highest-earning K-pop songwriter of 2023: Komca

The annual Komca Award honors the composer and lyricist who each earned the most copyright income from their work in the previous year, as well as other achievements such as the best rearrangement and most-streamed song.

2024-02-26

Korea Music Copyright Association, YouTube hold song camp for Korean songwriters

The song camp was held from Wednesday to Friday at the Gapyeong Music Village in Gyeonggi with 30 members of the Korea Music Copyright Association that had applied for the three-day music boot camp.

2023-11-08

Korean streaming services want musicians to pay for Google's higher fees

Streaming services want copyright owners — musicians and other creators — to take a hit to pay for higher fees being charged by Google. In a meeting held Thursday in Gwanghawmun, central Seoul, they said the intellectual property owners should ...

2022-08-11

Songwriter Pdogg wins Grand Prize at Komca Award for third straight year

Songwriter Pdogg was awarded the Grand Prize at the 7th Komca Award, recognizing him as the highest-earning music producer for the third year running, the Korea Music Copyright Association (Komca) said on Thursday.

2021-02-18

OTT Music Copyright Committee slams Culture Ministry after filing litigation

Raising the music copyright fees for local over-the-top (OTT) video services not only symbolizes the Culture Ministry’s inability to comprehend the realities of the local market, but is also evident of its inability to properly ...

2021-02-17