The Korea Music Copyright Association (hereinafter KMCA) carried out a full organizational overhaul and began improving the association's structure.
On the 11th, KMCA announced the organizational reform, saying it would change the head of department system that had been maintained for 12 years to a minister system and create new posts including "Future Labs", a secretary, a human resources team, a legal support team, and a CS support team.
This personnel reorganization reflects the reformist will of newly inaugurated Chairperson Lee Si-ha, focusing on advancing a distribution system based on member-first principles, strengthening responses to civil complaints, establishing a fair personnel system, and securing capabilities to respond in the AI era.
The core of this reorganization is dividing the association's operations into two pillars: the office of administration (Secretary-General Baek Seung-yeol) and the administrative office (Administrative Minister Lee Sang-jin). By reorganizing the existing command structure, the plan is to more clearly separate work functions while strengthening interdepartmental cooperation and accountability.
Among the newly established organizations, the most notable is "Future Labs." It is a dedicated unit to proactively respond to AI, which is changing the landscape of the music industry, and will serve as a control tower to respond to next-generation copyright environment changes, including the introduction of an AI music collection model.
At the same time, KMCA created a secretary post to strengthen the pre-review function for major projects and decision-making processes. The secretary will further review and coordinate major projects of each department, aiming to improve the completeness and execution of policy implementation.
Chairperson Lee Si-ha said, "This personnel reorganization is not merely an organizational reshuffle but the starting point for KMCA to become a body trusted again by members and society," and emphasized, "We will make this a copyright organization that leads the AI era and an association that responds fastest to members' voices."
A KMCA official added, "This personnel reorganization is organizational preparation to more actively respond to the changing music industry environment and members' expectations. We will raise the quality of distributions that members can feel, civil complaint and legal support, and personnel operations, and build a copyright management system suited to the AI era."
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