Yoon Seong-cheon, the former Head of the Cultural and Arts Policy Bureau at the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST), has been appointed for a three-year term as Director of the Korea Copyright Protection Agency (KCOPA), the government agency created in 2016 "to promote copyright protection, prevent infringement, and support cultural and creative business development." He replaces Park Jung-youl who was appointed in 2022. "The Korea Copyright Protection Agency must innovate as the fro...

The US House of Representatives has passed by voice vote on June 8 the bill known as the Legislative Branch Agencies Clarification Act (HR 6028), which will redefine the way the Librarian of Congress and the Register of Copyrights/Director of the US Copyright Office (USCO) are appointed. The bill will now be sent to the Senate for further consideration. Under the new legislation, introduced by Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-Va.), the Librarian of Congress will be appointed by Congress’ leader...

Canada’s broad­cast reg­u­lator, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), has modified rules applied large TV stream­ing ser­vices by tripling the share of revenues generated in Canada to be invested into local content. In 2024, the CRTC required online broadcasters to make a base contribution of 5% of their Canadian revenues to support the broadcasting system. As part of the implementation of the modernised Broadcasting Act (the Act), which requires the CRTC to mo...