만화분야 표준계약서의 법적 연구

K-webtoons are gaining huge popularity not only in Korea but also overseas. But behind the bright side of development, there was also a dark side. In 2013, the damage to the writers began to surface, with the platforms signing an unfair contract for both copyright and advertising revenue for new writers. In response, the ‘Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism’ enacted and announced six "standard contracts forms for comics" in April 2015. However, even after the establishment of the standard contracts forms, unfair contract issues and unfair contract termination continued to occur, and the ‘Korea Manhwa Contents Agency’, along with the ‘Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism’, collected opinions to revise the standard contract in the field of cartoons and distributed the current "Standard Contract Form for Comics (2019)". There are six standard contracts forms for Comics : ‘① Publishing Contract, ② E-book Issue Contract, ③ Webtoon Installment Contract, ④ Copyright Delegation Agreement, ⑤ Co-authored Contract, and ⑥ Work-For-Hire Agreement for Comics". Despite these efforts, the lack of legislation still makes it difficult to find a clear law to embrace the webtoon industry, and it is questionable whether the current "Standard Contract Form for Comics (2019)" can serve as a sufficient guide to the rapid growth of the industry and the emergence of new contract forms. Now it's been a year since the standard contract form became available. At this point, I will review the content of the standard contract form and discuss whether there is anything to modify or supplement, whether the wording of the contract conforms to the current law, and whether it is not lacking for the changed webtoon industry.