CRIC Regional Workshop for Western Region:
"Compliance measure and copyright system for contents utilization"
Applications are now being accepted
Following the Regional Workshop for Eastern Region held in July, the CRIC are currently accepting application forms to attend for the Regional Workshop for Western Region. This regional workshop will be held in Kyoto during two days from October 7 (Thu.) to 8 (Fri.).
The regional workshop will be precious opportunity to provide great lectures on present issues of copyright system by a leading expert in the copyright world. We will stop accepting applications when we reach the fixed number. It would be very appreciated if you could apply earlier.
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The working language will be Japanese.
Business and Financial Results for FY 2009 approved
On June 28 (Mon.), the 1st CRIC General Assembly for the fiscal year 2010 was held at a meeting room of the CRIC. The following two agendas were discussed at the meeting. Agenda 1:"Provisional Business and Financial Results for Fiscal Year 2009" and Agenda 2: "Election of officers". All the agendas were unanimously approved.
Regarding the second agenda, "Election of officers", the following results were reported. Mr. MIZUMURA Masahiro, now Recording Industry Association of Japan, replaced Mr. Hidetoshi HAENO as officer. After the general meeting was suspended, Mr. MIZUMURA was also chosen as vice president in the extraordinary board meeting.
The CRIC had the pleasure of Mr. KAWASE Makoto, Head of Copyrighted Works Distribution Promotion Office, Copyright Division, Agency for Cultural Affairs, his company at the general assembly. Mr. KAWASE made a closing address in the end of the general assembly. And after that, the general assembly closed without any troubles.
For more details of the general assembly, you can refer to our journal "The CRIC" (No. 50).
Copyright Seminar for General Public held in Osaka
On June 25 (Fri.), the Copyright seminar for general public was held at H meeting room on the 16th floor of Umeda Center Building in Osaka City. This was the first seminar in Osaka in 4 years since 2006. Local institutions and organization related to copyright had strong expectation to hold the seminar. Their expectation made holding the seminar in Osaka a reality. This time, we had also received many applications since the early stage of starting opening notice. On the day of holding the seminar, the number of participants greatly exceeded the fixed number of seats. The seminar started successfully.
With the beginning of the seminar, Mr. HANDA Masao, Professor Emeritus at Aoyama Gakuin University, had a lecture titled of "Copyright Law around Our Life - Related to Japanese copyright system".
He explained how copyright system is close to our life as well as how copyright law should be in the age of internet. His easy-to-understand explanation focused on important topics of Japanese copyright system including "A case of New Year's Poetry Reading" and "A case of Japanese popular song, Ofukuro-san".
In the afternoon of the day, Mr. KITAMURA Yukio, Attorney-at-law, had a lecture titled of "Advent of "Digital book" and Structure of Copyright" after showing an educational video, "Ueto Aya's Quick Tips on Copyright". He explained how the advent of so-called "Digital book" such as built-in electronic reader like iPad has related to present copyright system. Also, he gave a detailed explanation on the question about what kind of points we should pay attention to. Participants could gain a deeper understanding.
After the seminar closed, many participants sent feedback about two lectures through questionnaires. They said that "The lecture programs were very easy-to-understand for public people.", "The lecturer pointed out copyright system in terms of business administration. It was very interesting. So I could understand so much.", and "I wish that such an efficient seminar will be held every year."
In order to hold this seminar, we would like to take this opportunity to thank all sponsors such as the Osaka Prefecture Board of Education, and the Osaka City Board of Education, NHK Osaka Branch, the Sankei Shimbun, and other local organizations.
* The Copyright Seminar for General Public was held by a part of common interest fund of SARVH remuneration for Video Home Recording with the aim of enhancing awareness of copyright system.
Information about "Copyright Seminar for General Public"
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The working language will be Japanese.
* The Copyright Seminar for General Public is held by a part of common interest fund of SARVH remuneration for Video Home Recording with the aim of enhancing awareness of copyright system.Overseas research personnel of copyright and related rights for FY 2011
Now, the CRIC is recruiting researchers and experts who want to conduct their research on copyright and related rights at universities or research institutions abroad for the fiscal year 2011. This is a fellowship support, one of our program in cooperation with SARVH, which been provided since 2005. The aim of this fellowship support is to foster young researchers and experts who will play an important role to develop copyright and related rights with global views.
The CRIC fellowship is awarded to young researchers and experts for a period of 12 month within the fiscal year 2011 from the date of leaving Japan. The fellowship covers travel expenses, living costs, an outfit allowance and a research grant.
For more detailed information on the application, please refer to CRIC website.
* This program is held by a part of common interest fund of SARVH remuneration for Video Home Recording with the aim of enhancing awareness of copyright system.
The 8 th Contest for research paper on Copyright and related rights announced
The Contest for Research paper on Copyright and related rights aims to encourage coming generations including researchers and administrators, who would bear the future of copyright system, to support their study, and to expect appropriate development of copyright system. This has been held every other year since 1997. This year's contest is the eighth.
All submitted research paper will be examined by the examining meeting of the contest. Great papers will be chosen by the meeting members. Contest winners will receive commendation certificates and academic grants. And the winners' research papers will be compiled into a report within the year.
Application deadline will be on March 31, 2011. We will announce winners in July this year. For more detailed information on the application, please refer to CRIC website.
* The program was funded by a part of SARVH remuneration for Video Home Recording with the aim of enhancing awareness of copyright system.Announcement of temporary closing
CRIC will close operation from August 9 (Mon.) to 13 (Fri.). During this period, the Japan Copyright Institute, Counseling Services Section and Information/Materials section will also close. Please be forewarned. Thank you for your consideration.