Japanese copyright law - Author's rights

Japanese copyright law - Applicability. Japanese copyright law protects all works "in which thoughts or sentiments are expressed in a creative way, and which falls within the literary, scientific, artistic or musical domain". The laws automatically provide the following rights, without the need for formal declaration or registration. Japanese copyright law - Moral rights. Divulgence: The author can choose when and how a work will be made available to the public.See also:

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Japanese copyright law - Copy-protected CDs. Very soon, CDs will be copy-protected in Japan. Avex and Warner Music, Japan have already sold copy-protected CDs [The Japan Times Online, 21 December 2002; ibid. 3 April 2002]. Steven McClure, journalist for The Japan Times Online, and author of the latter, quoted article comments on this evolution with skepticism. He states: "Many people, though, say copy-protected (or copy-controlled) CDs go against the concept of "fair use" — which means the user sh ...

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Works authored by an individual, under his own name or a known pseudonym, are protected for fifty years following the individual's death. Works authored anonymously or under an unknown pseudonym are protected for fifty years following publication. Cinematographic works, as well as works authored by corporations, where the individual author or authors are unknown, are protected for seventy years following publication (or seventy years following creation, if the work is not published). Neighboring rights apply for fifty ...

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If one of the above exceptions to reproduce a work publicly is used, the person reproducing the work must cite its source. As in many other countries, the term "public domain" is not mentioned in Japanese copyright laws, and thus, even though some materials are claimed to be "public domain", there can be some restrictions. Sometimes the term copyright-free is used instead. ...

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"Neighboring rights" refer to the rights of performers, broadcasters, and other individuals who do not author works, but play an important role in communicating them to the public. Japanese copyright law - Performers' rights. Performers generally have two non-transferable moral rights: authorship, or control over how they are named in connection with the work; and integrity, or control over the alteration of a performance, in a m ...

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