The Korea Music Copyright Association (KMCA) has entered into a lawsuit with Wave, the largest OTT in Korea, over unpaid music copyright fees.

On the 27th, KMCA announced, “We have filed a civil lawsuit against Wave for not paying more than 40 billion won in copyright fees for 10 years.” According to KMCA, Wave‘s unpaid royalties are an estimated amount based on the music copyright royalty calculation standard based on electronically disclosed sales and subscriber data from 2011 to 2022.

KMCA criticized, “It has been five years since the legal music copyright royalty collection regulations for OTTs were established, but major domestic OTT operators are arbitrarily interpreting them and not paying the royalties.”


Reporter Lee Jeong-yeon annjoy@donga.com

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