Tag: Komca

Komca

Latest News

Korea music group withholds $18 million in YouTube Shorts royalties amid fraud probe

Korea Music Copyright Association has withheld about $18 million in YouTube Shorts royalties from four rights holders over suspected artificial song usage, including potentially AI-generated music

2026.10.22

Netflix agrees to pay Korean music royalties

Netflix signed a licensing deal with Komca covering music used in its Korean content from 2021 through 2025.

2026.8.27

Most popular

AI is already making music. Korea is conflicted over who calls the tune.

Korea's music industry is split over Komca's new royalty registration standards for AI-assisted songs.

2026.8.12

Seventeen's producer Bumzu wins top prize at Komca Awards for third consecutive year

Bumzu, producer of boy band Seventeen, won the top prize at the Korea Music Copyright Association (Komca) Awards for the third consecutive year on Wednesday.

2026.2.26

Officials pose for a photo at a Korea Music Copyright Association–Tencent Music meeting held in China on 2025. From left: Tsai Chun Pan, Group Vice President of Tencent Music, Kar Shun Pang, Executive Chairman of Tencent Music, Lee Soo-man, Key Producer and Visionary Leader at A2O Entertainment and Park Hak-gi, former Vice Chairman of the Korea Music Copyright Association. [KOREA MUSIC COPYRIGHT ASSOCIATION]

New deals with China's copyright body will help Korean music collect more royalties

Korean musical works will now be able to collect royalties more easily from Chinese music streaming services after China’s music copyright body signed licensing deals with the country’s two largest digital music platforms.

2026.2.3

Singer-songwriter Lee Si-ha, elected the 25th president of the Korea Music Copyright Association [KOMCA]

Singer-songwriter Lee Si-ha elected president of music copyright association

Singer-songwriter Lee Si-ha, best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band The Cross, was elected the 25th president of the Korea Music Copyright Association on Tuesday.

2025.12.16

Composer Kim Hyung-suk, who is running for chair of the Korea Music Copyright Association [KIM HYUNG-SUK]

As K-pop goes global, Korea's copyright collection system needs overhaul, Komca chair candidate says

Korea collected about 170 million won, roughly $120,000, in music copyright royalties from the United States last year — yes, that was the total for K-pop, a genre that accounts for an estimated 2 to 3 percent of the $18 billion U.S. music market.

2025.11.20

Composer and K-pop pioneer seeks Komca presidency

Composer and producer Kim Hyung-suk officially declared his candidacy for the presidency of the Korea Music Copyright Association (Komca) on Friday.

2025.11.14

Korean copyright association files suit against Wavve over unauthorized use of music

The Korea Music Copyright Association (Komca) filed a civil suit against Wavve, one of Korea's major streaming platforms, seeking damages of approximately 40 billion won ($27.7 million) for unauthorized use of copyrighted music.

2025.2.27

Korea Music Copyright Association grants full membership to 30 musicians, including S.Coups of Seventeen

Thirty musicians gained full membership in Korea's largest music copyright organization for the New Year, including S.Coups of boy band Seventeen, singers Younha, Lee Mu-jin and Tukutz of hip-hop trio Epik High.

2025.1.24