The prosecution of this case is dismissed.

1. The summary of the facts charged is the representative of D Co., Ltd. who manages the computer program server of the CPC room in Gwangjin-gu Seoul Special Metropolitan City.

No person shall infringe upon any author's property right or other property rights protected pursuant to the Copyright Act by means of reproduction, performance, public transmission, exhibition, distribution, lease, or preparation of a derivative work.

Nevertheless, around May 2018, the Defendant infringed on the victim’s copyright by arbitrarily reproducing the “F” program, a computer program work of the victim E, using his company server, using the victim’s company server, and installing the said program on the computers No. 21, 22, 70, and 77 without the victim’s consent.

2. Determination

(a) Applicable law: Article 136(1)1 of the Copyright Act;

(b) Offenses subject to prosecution upon complaint: Article 140 of the Copyright Act;

(c) Revocation of complaint after prosecution;

(d) Judgment dismissing public prosecution: Article 327 subparagraph 5 of the Criminal Procedure Act;