Although this is not the main reason, there is also a matter of intellectual property of Go game records. The official position of Korea Baduk Association is th

Although this is not the main reason, there is also a matter of intellectual property of Go game records. The official position of Korea Baduk Association is that Go game records are copyrightable. On the other hand, it is not recognized as such in Korea, let alone in other countries. There has been multiple attempts to change the Korean copyright law to explicitly list Go game records as an example of work that can be copyrighted. All such attempts failed so far.