Addressing Concerns to Preparing Policies on Satellite Data Openness, Licensing, and Pricing in Korea

Barings designs, secures, operates, and licenses satellites to monitor its members' environments and produces large amounts and types of satellite data, all publicly available.Ownership, usage rights, and interest in derivative works of information acquired with significant national legal input also present different competition across countries.The purpose of this study is to analyze the current status of satellite image use, licensing policy, and pricing policy and to clarify topics that require discussion.We investigated overseas cases, including advanced countries that distribute satellite images, investigated and analyzed the level of related laws and regulations, and whether it was free of charge or not, and also included cases of video distribution and sharing in Korea.The opinions of 20 satellite experts were collected and organized to comprehensively organize the issues.Satellite image information such as public information, restrictive requirements, recovery policies such as fee collection for the added value of processed data, expectations and concerns about the revitalization of the industry, etc. were confirmed.Consistent guidance on price and licensing policy is needed, and the space industry and information changes in technology must be taken into account.