No Books, No AI: South Korean Publishers Demand Fair Deal for Creators
The Korean Publishers Society's "No Books, No AI" appeal targets Anthropic over bulk book buys and alleged piracy of authors like Han Kang.
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Here's what 158 organisations and 321 individuals are actually asking for: a record of which books trained the AI, where they came from, and the legal basis for using them. That's it. Not a ban, a ledger. If you write in Korean, or your publisher deals with Kyobo, Yes24, or Woongjin Booxen, this is the fight that determines whether anyone ever has to tell you your book was used at all.
From the Coral Wire edition of Sun, Oct 18 2026 · Coral Index 58/100 (Tailwinds building)