66. Ser Myo-ja, ‘‘Prognosticator ‘Minerva’ Is Acquitted by a Seoul Court,’’ JoongAng Daily, April 21,
2009, http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2903837.
67. Choe Sang-Hun, ‘‘South Korea Frees Blogger Who Angered Government,’’ New York Times,
April 20, 2009, http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/21/world/asia/21blogger.html.
68. John M. Glionna and Ju-min Park, ‘‘South Korea: Blogger ‘Minerva’ Found Not Guilty,’’ Los
Angeles Times, April 21, 2009, http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-minerva21
-2009apr21,0,850967.story.
69. IP World, ‘‘South Korea Passes Three-Strikes Internet Piracy Law,’’ April 15, 2009, http://www
.ipworld.com/ipwo/doc/view.htm?id=217097&searchCode=H. http://news.softpedia.com/news/File
-Sharers-Cornered-Again-84010.shtml.
70. Proposed Amendment to Copyright Law of Korea ( July 2008), Article 133–2(3), http://ipleft
.or.kr/bbs/view.php?board=ipleft_5&id=488&page=1&category1=3.
71. Ibid.
72. Nate Anderson, ‘‘South Korea Fits Itself for a ‘3 Strikes’ Jackboot,’’ Ars Technica, April 15, 2009,
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/04/korea-fits-itself-for-a-3-strikes-jackboot.ars.
73. Copyright Law of Korea, Article 104, http://eng.copyright.or.kr/law_01_01.html.
74. Ibid., Article 142(1).
75. Proposed Amendment to Copyright Law of Korea ( July 2008), Article 133–2(4)(1) (unofficial
English translation), http://ipleft.or.kr/bbs/view.php?board=ipleft_5&id=488&page=1&category1
=3, accessed May 15, 2009.
76. National Election Commission, ‘‘Features of Korean Election,’’ http://www.nec.go.kr/english/
features/20041223/1_280.html (accessed March 1, 2008). The English-language version of the
National Election Commission’s Web site explains these restrictions: ‘‘To prevent corruption due
to money power/government authority/slanderous propaganda, and to minimize the social economic loss and side effect of the unlimited free campaign might cause, to prevent inequality in
campaign opportunity due to candidates’ disparity in wealth, to reflect public opinion without
distortion, there is need to limit the freedom of campaign, so more emphasis put on the fair competition than on freedom in election campaign, thereby we have limit on freedom in campaigning for the harmony of two constitutional idea, freedom in campaigning and equal opportunity in
election campaign.’’
77. Public Official Election Law, Act No. 8879, Article 86, February 29, 2008, http://www.nec
.go.kr/english/NEC/Public_Official_Election.zip. Former President Roh Moo-hyun was charged by
the NEC and impeached for violating this law. He was later reinstated as president. See BBC News,
‘‘Obituary: Roh Moo-hyun,’’ May 23, 2009, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2535143.stm.
78. Public Official Election Law, Article 108.
79. Ibid., Article 93.
80. Ibid., Articles 82–4(3–5).
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2009, http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2903837.
67. Choe Sang-Hun, ‘‘South Korea Frees Blogger Who Angered Government,’’ New York Times,
April 20, 2009, http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/21/world/asia/21blogger.html.
68. John M. Glionna and Ju-min Park, ‘‘South Korea: Blogger ‘Minerva’ Found Not Guilty,’’ Los
Angeles Times, April 21, 2009, http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-minerva21
-2009apr21,0,850967.story.
69. IP World, ‘‘South Korea Passes Three-Strikes Internet Piracy Law,’’ April 15, 2009, http://www
.ipworld.com/ipwo/doc/view.htm?id=217097&searchCode=H. http://news.softpedia.com/news/File
-Sharers-Cornered-Again-84010.shtml.
70. Proposed Amendment to Copyright Law of Korea ( July 2008), Article 133–2(3), http://ipleft
.or.kr/bbs/view.php?board=ipleft_5&id=488&page=1&category1=3.
71. Ibid.
72. Nate Anderson, ‘‘South Korea Fits Itself for a ‘3 Strikes’ Jackboot,’’ Ars Technica, April 15, 2009,
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/04/korea-fits-itself-for-a-3-strikes-jackboot.ars.
73. Copyright Law of Korea, Article 104, http://eng.copyright.or.kr/law_01_01.html.
74. Ibid., Article 142(1).
75. Proposed Amendment to Copyright Law of Korea ( July 2008), Article 133–2(4)(1) (unofficial
English translation), http://ipleft.or.kr/bbs/view.php?board=ipleft_5&id=488&page=1&category1
=3, accessed May 15, 2009.
76. National Election Commission, ‘‘Features of Korean Election,’’ http://www.nec.go.kr/english/
features/20041223/1_280.html (accessed March 1, 2008). The English-language version of the
National Election Commission’s Web site explains these restrictions: ‘‘To prevent corruption due
to money power/government authority/slanderous propaganda, and to minimize the social economic loss and side effect of the unlimited free campaign might cause, to prevent inequality in
campaign opportunity due to candidates’ disparity in wealth, to reflect public opinion without
distortion, there is need to limit the freedom of campaign, so more emphasis put on the fair competition than on freedom in election campaign, thereby we have limit on freedom in campaigning for the harmony of two constitutional idea, freedom in campaigning and equal opportunity in
election campaign.’’
77. Public Official Election Law, Act No. 8879, Article 86, February 29, 2008, http://www.nec
.go.kr/english/NEC/Public_Official_Election.zip. Former President Roh Moo-hyun was charged by
the NEC and impeached for violating this law. He was later reinstated as president. See BBC News,
‘‘Obituary: Roh Moo-hyun,’’ May 23, 2009, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2535143.stm.
78. Public Official Election Law, Article 108.
79. Ibid., Article 93.
80. Ibid., Articles 82–4(3–5).
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