If additional verification is needed, the association may request supporting materials, including digital audio workstation project files, editing histories, sheet music, prompt records and AI generation logs, to determine the extent of human authorship.
Penalties for false declarations
Under the new rules, producers may use AI to generate ideas, melodies or arrangements, but they must demonstrate that key creative decisions were made by a human.
Works later found to have been generated entirely by AI, or registered using false information, could face suspended royalty payments, repayment of improperly received royalties and termination of trust agreements.
KOMCA said it is also considering penalties of up to three times the improperly received royalties in cases of intentional misconduct or gross negligence.
The association said the policy establishes South Korea’s first codified framework for registering AI-assisted music while bringing such works into the existing copyright system.
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