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Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers

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Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers is also called JASRAC in short. Its official name in Japan is 一般社団法人日本音楽著作権協会.[1]

JASRAC was made in 1939. It is the only organization in Japan to manage and protect copyrights in Japan.[2]

JASRAC can only manage copyrights inside Japan. As for outside Japan (for overseas), foreign organizations such as ASCAP, Muserk[3][4] manage copyrights of origins of Japan instead, according to a separete agreement with these organizations. 129 foreign organizations have relation with JASRAC.[5]

When people in Japan uses music, videos and books for business useage, originally produced in outside Japan must pay proper money for their copyrights. For this purpose or business, JASRAC manage copyrights in turn by legal agreements with organizations overseas such as PRS for Music, ASCAP, BMI, SESAC, HARRY FOX AGENCY and Muserk.[6]

Numerical information

Numerical information on music business is made public every year. In 2019, JASRAC collected national money of 117,691,182,223 yen in total from April 1 to March 31. On the other hand, JASRAC gave 117,056,695,494 yen to members such as songwriters in total during the same period.[7]

Japanese Society For Rights Of Authors, Composers And Publishers Media

  • Jasrac head office shibuya.JPG

    Head office located in Uehara, Shibuya,Tokyo

  • JASRAC licensed logo V-1107138 on Data Carddass 20121211.jpg

    JASRAC License mark on Compact discs and other physical media

References

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  3. ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
  4. ↑ "AI-Driven Rights Management Agency Muserk Forms Joint Venture to Reduce Piracy of Japanese Content". Billboard. 2020-07-31. http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/9428025/muserk-rights-management-joint-venture-video-research-japanese-piracy. Retrieved 2020-08-07. 
  5. ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
  6. ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
  7. ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).

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