http://chosaq.net/archives/2006/07/japan-to-extend-posthumous-copyright-term-to-70-years.html A research blog tracking copyright related policy & technology developments in Japan. By Andreas Bovens. Sat, 18 Jul 2009 11:59:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://chosaq.net/archives/2006/07/japan-to-extend-posthumous-copyright-term-to-70-years.html/comment-page-1#comment-2667 chosaq » JASRAC & co. link copyright management consolidation plans to term extension Fri, 02 Feb 2007 09:32:47 +0000 http://chosaq.net/archives/2006/07/japan-to-extend-posthumous-copyright-term-to-70-years.html#comment-2667 [...] 20 year extension of the current life+50y protection term of copyrighted works (previous coverage: 1, 2, 3). In September, the Daily Yomiuri reported that a committee of the Internal Affairs and [...] [...] 20 year extension of the current life+50y protection term of copyrighted works (previous coverage: 1, 2, 3). In September, the Daily Yomiuri reported that a committee of the Internal Affairs and [...]

]]> http://chosaq.net/archives/2006/07/japan-to-extend-posthumous-copyright-term-to-70-years.html/comment-page-1#comment-409 chosaq » A dangerous deal: compulsory registration for broadcasts + longer protection Mon, 04 Sep 2006 09:58:03 +0000 http://chosaq.net/archives/2006/07/japan-to-extend-posthumous-copyright-term-to-70-years.html#comment-409 [...] I’m not sure what sparked the interest in changing the current system — one answer might be “YouTube,” which is very popular in Japan and shows the clear interest in quick-n-dirty online TV content (this in contrast to the relatively low interest in DTV, by the way). Another answer however is possible too: according to the same Yomiuri article, the committee in charge, “a panel tasked with studying how to develop universal Internet access in Japan,” also “proposes extending the period of copyright protection from the current 50 years after the death of rights’ holders to 80 years.” Needless to say, there is probably some “balance” talk involved here — you can already hear the broadcasters say something along the lines of: “if you make registration compulsory, that’s fine, but then we want longer protection.” So, worst case scenario: the broadcasters register all their copyrights, refuse to license it to any web-based TV distributors, and Japan is stuck with a protection term of 80 years for all works (after first broadcast / after the author’s death / etc.). Also note that “80 years” is more than the “70 years” review previously called for. [...] [...] I’m not sure what sparked the interest in changing the current system — one answer might be “YouTube,” which is very popular in Japan and shows the clear interest in quick-n-dirty online TV content (this in contrast to the relatively low interest in DTV, by the way). Another answer however is possible too: according to the same Yomiuri article, the committee in charge, “a panel tasked with studying how to develop universal Internet access in Japan,” also “proposes extending the period of copyright protection from the current 50 years after the death of rights’ holders to 80 years.” Needless to say, there is probably some “balance” talk involved here — you can already hear the broadcasters say something along the lines of: “if you make registration compulsory, that’s fine, but then we want longer protection.” So, worst case scenario: the broadcasters register all their copyrights, refuse to license it to any web-based TV distributors, and Japan is stuck with a protection term of 80 years for all works (after first broadcast / after the author’s death / etc.). Also note that “80 years” is more than the “70 years” review previously called for. [...]

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