South Korea · Performance + mechanical
KOMCA
Society rulesNot publicly available
What counts as black box here
Rules are mainly published in Korean and have not yet been mapped.
Mini box
Lit: compartments used and exit chute(s).
01
Its rules
Follows its own constitution and distribution rules, set by its members rather than a single statute.
- Rights it handles
- Performance + mechanical
- Holds a pool?
- Not publicly disclosed
- Evidence level
- Not publicly available
02
How it distributes money
How often matched money is paid out, and how members can find what's theirs.
- Payment cadence
- Not publicly disclosed
- Data maturity tier
- Not tiered
03
How it handles unresolved royalties
How long money waits, when the clock starts, and where it goes if nobody claims it.
- Holding clock
- Not publicly disclosed
- Clock starts
- Not publicly disclosed
- Exit chute
- Not disclosed
- Late claims after expiry
- Not publicly disclosed
Lifecycle path
Lifecycle not publicly disclosed
Published figures
scale
₩445.3bn
Collections 2025 (₩288.6bn in 2021)
Source: KOMCA reporting 2021–2025
From the original research