PUBLISHING INDUSTRY PROMOTION ACT

Article 1(Purpose) #

The purpose of this Act is to prescribe matters regarding publishing and matters necessary for supporting and fostering the publishing industry, reviewing publications and establishing a sound distribution order.

[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 25, 2009]

Article 2(Definitions) #

The terms used in this Act are defined as follows: <Amended on Jan. 26, 2012; Aug. 10, 2021>

1. The term "publishing" means issuing publications by editing and copying literary works, etc. on paper or electronic media (where they are issued by electronic media, it shall be limited to electronic publications);

2. The term "publishing company" means personal or physical facility which engages in publishing business;

3. The term "publications" means products indicating the author, publisher, publishing date, and other matters recorded as prescribed by Presidential Decree so as to be read, seen, or heard by placing them on paper or in electronic media;

4. The term "electronic publications" means publications such as electronic books, etc. issued by a publishing company as reported under this Act by placing contents of literary works, etc. in the electronic media so that users can read, see, and hear them through information processing apparatuses, such as computers;

5. The term "foreign publications" means publications published in foreign countries (including North Korea; hereinafter the same shall apply);

6. The term "distribution" means transferring, lending or displaying publications to the general public, with or without receiving any consideration;

7. The term "publishing industry" means the publishing or distribution industry for publications and industries closely related thereto;

8. The term "harmful publications" means harmful publications with anti-national, anti-social or unethical contents, such as distinctly harming the national safety, public order or human dignity, etc., which are deliberated upon and determined under Article 19(1) by the Publication Ethics Commission referred to in Article 17;