1. The defendant shall be punished by a fine of 300,000 won;

2. If the defendant does not pay the above fine, 100,000 won.

Punishment of the crime

On August 14, 2015, the Defendant infringed on the victim’s author’s property right by inserting “C” tables (welved web address D), a photographic work of the victim E, in a manner of displaying “CPU photograph,” which is a copyrighted work of the victim, to allow a large number of unspecified people to peruse (Notice Number F) at a closed site on August 14, 2015.

Summary of Evidence

1. Partial statement of the defendant;

1. Statement protocol by the police for E;

1. Data to cut down the website;

1. Application of the Acts and subordinate statutes to the complaint;

1. The defendant and his defense counsel asserted that Article 136 Paragraph (1) 1 of the Copyright Act regarding facts constituting an offense and Article 136 Paragraph (1) of the same Act (the choice of a penalty) are not works protected under the Copyright Act.

In order for a work to be protected under the Copyright Act, the work must be a creative production expressing human thoughts and emotions, so creativity is required as a requirement, but creativity in this context is not a complete meaning, and it merely means that a work does not simply imitate another's work but includes an independent expression of author's own idea or emotions, and it is sufficient to distinguish the work from the existing work of other authors.

또 한 그 저작물이 예술성을 가질 것도 요하지 아니한다( 현행 저작권법은 구법과 달리 저작물을 ‘ 문학 ㆍ 학술 또는 예술의 범위에 속하는 창작물’ 로 제한하고 있지도 아니 하다). 이 사건에 관하여 보면, 판시 사진은 먼지가 뽀얗게 쌓인 CPU 팬이라는 피사체의 선정, 근접촬영을 하면서 CPU 팬의 일부를 생략하고 우 상단에 배치한 구도의 설정, 플래시가 터지지 않도록 설정 Flash did not fire,...