"The choreography is also a precious work."Prepare a choreography copyright protection device.

[Anchor]
The global popularity of K-pop is also played by the popping choreography that matches the song.

However, in the case of choreography, there is still a lack of recognition as a work.

I'm reporter Nam Kyung-min of SCS Seokyung Broadcasting.

[Reporter]
Lia Kim, Korea's representative dancer and choreographer.

I built my reputation by making choreography for famous singers such as TWICE, Mamamoo, and Sunmi.

He also appeared on a dance contest show and received great love from the public.

Dancers and choreographers have begun to gain attention thanks to the global K-pop craze and popularity, but the industry's treatment is still poor.

Unlike music and movies, choreography is still lacking in recognition as a work.

For this reason, they often receive unreasonable compensation or copyright infringement.

[LIA KIM / President of the Korea Dance Copyright Association: I've never thought about getting dance copyrights, and it's customary for entertainment agencies to have no copyrights (there was no concept to share them)]

To improve this situation, the Korea Copyright Commission has started to prepare a choreography copyright protection device.

It redefined the concept of choreography and dance, which was somewhat ambiguous, and presented a method for determining the choreographer.

It also published a choreography copyright guide to make it easier for choreography users and creators to understand and utilize the copyright system.

[Kim Chan-dong / Head of the Legal Research Team of the Korea Copyright Commission: We will continue to discuss the details of the permission to use the choreography and specific ways for the choreographers to exercise their copyrights]

The industry hopes that this discussion will materialize the choreography copyright system and policy and create an ecosystem of choreography creation.

I'm Nam Kyung-min from SCS.