클라우드 서비스에 관한 법적 연구 - 계약법상 쟁점을 중심으로 -

Cloud computing has the pontential to transform a large part of the IT industry, making software even more attaractive as a service and shaping the way IT hardware is designed and purchased. Cloud computing refers to both the applications delivered as services over the Internet and the hareware and software in the data center that provide those services. Legal issue on the cloud computing occurs in intellectual property and contract law. Copyright exhaustion doctrine will be more difficult to be applied under the cloud computing environment. Our goal in this article intends to give a general overview on cloud service and to give a detailed analysis on various contractual issues. The meaning of 'cloud computing' is ambiguous. There is no clear definition on cloud computing. Above all, Cloud Computing technology and Cloud Service must be distinguished. Cloud Service is a kind of service contract. Therefore It means that the problem of cloud service should be applied to contract law and theory. It is difficult to judging breach of contract. Service Level Agreement(SLA) on cloud computing service is very important to take a strict judge of a breach of contract. And usually cloud service is subject to payment. When deciding the contents of cloud service, General Clauses Regulation Act should be examined. Specifically, unfair clause is a problem. Legal issues on the cloud service need to be solved through interpretation of the contract law and theory.