It has been argued that a law is required to point this fact in music produced by generative artificial intelligence (AI).

The Korea Music Copyright Association (Chairman Choo Chu-yeol) announced on the thirtieth that it held a public hearing on the National Assembly to introduce the 'Artificial Intelligence (AI) Content Labeling Act'.

This public hearing was hosted by National Assembly Culture, Sports and Tourism Committee Chairman Lee Sang-heon, Secretary Kim Yun-deok, and member Yoo Jeong-ju.

In his congratulatory address, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Yu In-chon said, “Please provide your opinions in order that a bill might be created to guard each content creators and consumers.”

The general public hearing began with a presentation by ▲Lee Dae-hee, a professor at Korea University Law School, ▲Hwang Seon-cheol, Business Director of the Music Copyright Association, ▲Kang Seung-hee, lawyer at Gangnam Law Firm, ▲Kim Kyung-hwa, head of the Cultural Industry Policy Division of the Ministry of Culture, ▲Kwon Hyuk-joo, president of the Korea Webtoon Writers Association, ▲Choi Min-jae, senior researcher on the Korea Press Foundation. It was conducted within the order of free discussion and Q&A among the many members.

Professor Daehee Lee gave a presentation at the general public hearing and emphasized that the introduction of a compulsory AI labeling law is mandatory because uncomfortable side effects resembling fake news produced by generative AI, overflow of low-quality AI products, and invasion of privacy hinder the event of the AI ​​industry.

As well as, while introducing AI content labeling obligations laws and AI content company guidelines in overseas countries, “determination of the scope of labeling obligations, labeling methods and contents based on media should be distinguished, and technical standards and prevention of manipulation, modification, and deletion should be established.” “Additional measures must even be prepared,” he said.

Within the discussion that followed, all participants agreed that a bill mandating the labeling of AI content was needed.

Kim Kyung-hwa, head of the Ministry of Culture, said, “The Ministry of Culture plans to carry in-depth discussions inside this yr on protection and compensation for copyrights utilized in AI learning, methods of notation for AI products, and judgment requirements for AI products when registering copyrights.”

Hwang Seon-cheol, director of the Music Copyright Association, argued, “If there isn’t any bill mandating the marking of AI content, and general works and AI creations are mixed within the content market, the bill must come into effect as soon as possible to stop responsibility from being passed on to innocent users.”

Chairman Lee Sang-heon, who hosted the general public hearing, said, “We are going to do our greatest to be sure that the invaluable opinions of creators expressed through this public hearing can result in policy recommendations that may strengthen the reliability and accountability of AI content.”

Reporter Park Soo-bin sbin08@aitimes.com