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10 San Diego Int'l L.J. 555 (2008-2009)
With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility: Korea's Role in the War against Online Piracy

handle is hein.journals/sdintl10 and id is 561 raw text is: With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility: Korea's Role in the War Against Online Piracy EDWARD CHOI* TABLE OF CONTENTS I. IN TRO DU CTIO N .................................................................................................. 556 II. BACKGROUND: THE EXTENT OF PIRACY IN KOREA ............................................. 558 III. PAST: AN INTRODUCTION TO KOREAN PIRACY AND THE LAW S TO FIGHT IT ....................................................................................... 560 A . C ultural R esistance .................................................................................. 561 B. Historical Development of Korean Intellectual Property ........................ 562 C. Lack of Enforcem ent ................................................................................ 565 IV. PRESENT: THE CURRENT STATUS OF KOREAN IP LAW AND ENFORCEM ENT ........................................................................................... 566 A. Current Korean Enforcement of Laws ..................................................... 566 1. G eneral Enforcem ent ........................................................................ 567 2. Soribada ........................................................................................... 568 B. Alternative Solutions Around Weak IP Laws and Enforcement by Utilizing Fast Broadband Speeds ........................................................ 570 C. 2006 Amendment to the Copyrights Act of Korea .................................... 572 D. Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement .......................................................... 575 IV. FUTURE: SUGGESTED AMENDMENTS TO KOREAN LAW AND ENVORDEMENT, AND ECONOMIC STRATEGIES OF FOREIGN BUSINESSES AFFECTED BY ONLINE PRIACY ........................................................ 578 * J.D. Candidate 2009, University of San Diego School of Law. The author would like to thank Todd Schneider, Professor Ralph Folsom, and the current editorial board of the San Diego International Law Journal for their invaluable guidance in writing and editing this comment.

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