New Japan TV copyright rules
p2pnet.net News:- Japan is to have a new TV copyright council with both government and industry representatives as members.
The panel, formed to create copyright rules for TV shows, will be established next month and will comprise about 30 organizations including commercial TV broadcasters, NHK, ISPs and the Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers, and the country`s internal affairs and communications ministry, says the Yomiuri Shimbun, going on:
Establishing new rules is expected to accelerate efforts to have programs distributed via transmissions on broadband networks, sources said. Copyright issues involving TV programs and movies are often complicated because of the involvement of many copyright owners, including the original author, additional scriptwriters, cast members, music composer, and other rights holders.
If TV stations rerun programs or distribute them online in excess of the contracted number of broadcasts, they must get approval from all copyright owners.
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Yomiuri Shimbun – Govt, industry to convene panel on TV copyright rules, June 3, 2005
