- New insertion or amendment of various definition provisions (expansion of the concept of copyrighted works, new insertion of the concepts of public transmission and digital voice transmission, amendment of the definition of publication, new insertion of the definition of the public) (Subparagraphs 7 through 12, and 32 of Article 2);

- Introduction of the copyright certification system, in order to maintain the sound order of copyrights by ensuring safe distribution of copyrighted works (New insertion of Subparagraphs 33 and 56 of Article 2);

- New insertion of an author’s public transmission right (Article 18).

- If it is necessary for the purpose of school lessons, teachers and students may ‘transmit’ a part of a copyrighted work, subject to taking measures to prevent any reproduction; provided, however, that if such transmission is made for school lessons given at high schools or lower level schools, a compensation shall not be paid therefor (Paragraphs (2) through (4), and (10) of Article 25);

- The requirements for designation and cancellation of an organization that will be in charge of payment of a compensation for a textbook have been newly inserted, and the organization may use any compensation that remains undistributed for three or more years for public interests (Paragraphs (5) through (9) of Article 25);

- The provision that topical articles or editorials posted in newspapers, Internet newspapers or news communications may be freely reproduced, distributed or broadcasted by other media institutions, unless their use is expressly prohibited, has been newly inserted (Article 27);

- The requirements for designation and cancellation of an organization that will collect and distribute a compensation paid by libraries have been newly inserted, and the organization may use any compensation that remains undistributed for three or more years for public interests (Article 31(6));

- Phonograms made by phonogram producers in a country that concluded a treaty on protection of phonograms signed or executed by the Republic of Korea are also protected by the Act (Article 64);

- New insertion of performers’ moral rights, distribution rights, and performance rights in their live performances (Articles 66 through 68, and Article 70);

- A performer shall be granted a right to distribute a reproduction of his performance (Article 70);

- With respect to rental of commercial phonograms, performers and phonogram producers shall be granted exclusive rights of rental in a complete sense, instead of being paid compensations through an organization (Article 71 and Article 80, Article 71, Article 72, and Article 80);

- Foreign performers and phonogram producers shall be also paid compensations for broadcasting of commercial phonograms based on the reciprocity principle (Article 75(1) and Article 82(1));

- Performers and phonogram producers (including foreign performers and phonogram producers) shall be newly granted rights to demand compensation for digital voice transmission, and Article 25 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the payment method of the compensation (Article 76 and Article 83);

- The time when neighboring copyrights come into effect has been differentiated from the time when the protection period thereof comes into effect, and the time when the protection period of a phonogram comes into effect has been changed from the time “when the first fixation of sounds is made” to the time “when a phonogram is published” (Article 86);

- Online service providers of specific type shall, if requested by relevant right holders, be obligated to take technical actions to intercept illegal transmission of copyrighted works, or other necessary actions (Article 103 and Article 104 newly inserted);

- Any person who is engaged in copyright trust management business may request for a perusal of documents required for the calculation of fees for use of the relevant works, etc. to the user of the works which are managed in trust by him for the purpose of profit-making, on the ground of the newly inserted provision (Article 107);

- The name of the ‘Copyright Deliberation and Conciliation Committee’ has been changed to the ‘Copyright Committee’ and the scope of duties thereof has been expanded (Article 112);

- The Conciliation Division consisting of one or three commissioners of the Committee shall be established to efficiently perform the dispute conciliation business (Article 114);

- The Minister of Culture and Tourism, the Mayor/Do governor or the head of Si/Gun/Gu shall be authorized to collect and destroy illegal reproductions, and order a person who illegally reproduced a copyrighted work online to remove such illegal reproductions, and if the person fails to perform the order for removal may be imposed a fine for negligence not exceeding ten million Won (Article 133 and Article 142 newly inserted);

- A person who has infringed Intellectual Property Rights of others habitually for the purpose of profit-making may be criminally punished without a victim’s complaint (Article 140).