클라우드 컴퓨팅 서비스 환경에서 저작권법 쟁점에 관한 고찰

According to development of digital network, service making use of cloud computing in the virtual space is becoming the focus of public attention. The reason why cloud computing is being watched is preferably characterized by cost retrenchment, swift IT-service etc. Cloud service is a kind of service in which various resources of IT are rented as much as they are needed for use, and paid as much as they are used. A legal area in which is becoming major point of issues with development of cloud computing services is copyright. This is because works, in the cloud service provided to users in the internet, can be put into circulation by up-loading, or be public domain data without any consent of copyright owner. In particular, the issues not only on the reproduction, lending, sending, indirect infringement, legal liability as OSP, but also on clash of the clauses of licensing agreement between cloud service provider and user with stipulations concerning copyright limitation can be discussed. In the study, the above-mentioned problems are dealt, and the solutions how to solve the problems should be further considered and discussed. The legal issues on cloud computing services are required to be more and deeply studied from the perspectives of enterprises as well as public institutions.