디지털저작권 보호와 온라인서비스제공자의 책임

The liability of online service provider(OSP) on the illegal reproduction and transmission was established to some degree through the argument for a long time. But, recently as the opinions of improvement for the provisions of liability of OSP having been submitted, the discussions of validity against that are still being caused. This paper aims to analyze the revisions and legislations to the copyright law comprehensively. For the purpose of this paper, it is studied that the problems on infringement of digital copyright and protection of author’s right, the liability framework and content of OSP, a legislative bill submitted to the National Assembly, etc. As a result of research, we have the conclusion that the liability of OSP depends on technical level and social-cultural atmosphere, but will be extended more and more when considering the international trend.