According to a survey conducted in South Korea in ************, nearly all responding artists who had their copyright infringed, stated that it was due to illegal sharing and side posting of their webtoons. Among all other known copyright infringements, third-party use of copyrighted material had a slightly higher response rate at almost **** percent.
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Korea Creative Content Agency. (January 16, 2024). Ways in which webtoon artists experienced copyright infringement in South Korea in 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 21, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1537949/south-korea-copyright-infringement-ways-webtoon-artists-experienced/
Korea Creative Content Agency. "Ways in which webtoon artists experienced copyright infringement in South Korea in 2023." Chart. January 16, 2024. Statista. Accessed October 21, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1537949/south-korea-copyright-infringement-ways-webtoon-artists-experienced/
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Ways in which webtoon artists experienced copyright infringement in South Korea in 2023 [Graph], Korea Creative Content Agency, January 16, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1537949/south-korea-copyright-infringement-ways-webtoon-artists-experienced/
