Learning about Copyright from the Basics
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  • STORY 01

    What is Copyright?

    • Copyrighted Works
    • Authors
    • Fair Exploitation
    • Protection of Authors' Rights

    The three go to the professor to learn the difference between illegal downloads, such as movies, which are forbidden, and open source, which anyone can download.

  • STORY 02

    The Right to Transmit Copyrighted Works to the Public

    • Economic Rights
    • Public Transmission Right
    • Right of Making Transmittable

    Naoya tries to post a video created by Kasumi on social media but is surprised when he hears that it violates the copyright. What rights does copyright include?

  • STORY 03

    Moral Rights Held by the Author

    • Moral Rights
    • Publication Right
    • Attribution Right
    • Integrity Right
    • Acts Deemed to Constitute Infringement of Moral Rights

    Aoi altered a video created by Kasumi without permission. Kasumi was not offended, but she was bothered by it. This may be because she felt the alternation denied her passion for the video.

  • STORY 04

    The Copyright Protection Term and How to Use Copyrighted Works

    • Protection Term
    • Limitations of Rights
    • Permission to Use

    Ryota was assigned to produce a video introducing the department on the open campus. While trying to understand the special treatment of copyright in the class, he organizes the rights of the materials given to him by Professor Uchida.

  • STORY 05

    Special Rules Closely Related to School Education

    • Article 35 of the Copyright Act
    • Limitations of Rights
    • Compensation for Public Transmission for Educational Purposes

    Professors use or distribute materials in class or that students hand out during seminars, including copyrighted works created by others. We will consider how to use other people's works in educational situations and the rules.

  • STORY 06

    Copyright Infringement on Social Media?

    • Reproduction Right
    • Public Transmission Right
    • Social Media
    • Penalty
    • Offence Subject to Complaint

    Aoi tries to upload Kasumi's character lunch box on social media. She learns that copyright is also involved in character lunch boxes.

  • STORY 07

    Let's Read the Terms of Use

    • Free Materials
    • License
    • Commercial Use

    Aoi made a poster for the band club by using free materials. Kasumi is wondering if she can use the free materials freely....

  • STORY 08

    Learning about Citations

    • Published Work
    • Master-Subject Relationship
    • Indication of Sources

    The three are working on a report. A senior who has seen the report is concerned about the "citation" method. What kind of problem is the citation?

  • STORY 09

    Is It Plagiarism?

    • Similarity
    • Copyrightability
    • Artistic Style
    • Copyright Infringement

    Aoi and Naoya find a post on social media that says the illustration on a city poster is plagiarism, but Kasumi is wondering.

  • STORY 10

    Guilty? Compensation for Damages? When Copyright is Infringed

    • Criminal Trial
    • Criminal Penalty
    • Offence Subject to Complaint
    • Civil Trial
    • Injunction
    • Damages
    • Moral Rights
    • Restoration of Honor

    Aoi and Kasumi asked Prof. Uchida how to respond to infringements, such as copyright infringement warnings and articles about damages at movie theaters.

  • STORY 11

    Stage Events and Copyright

    • JASRAC
    • Non-Commercial
    • Moral Rights
    • E-sports

    At a meeting of the school festival committee, a senior asked the three about copyright treatment for stage events. Is copyright clearance necessary even for an event at an educational institution with free admission?

  • STORY 12

    How Much Similarity is Safe? School Festival Posters

    • Permission to Use
    • Direct Perception of Essential Characteristics
    • Adaptation

    The three are working on a poster for the school festival. Even if they cannot use the characters from the manga, can they make props and costumes?

  • STORY 13

    Be Careful of Neighboring Rights! Uploading Videos of Music Events

    • Neighboring Rights
    • JASRAC
    • YouTube

    Kasumi and Aoi are trying to upload a video of the school festival to a video-sharing website. Is there any difference even though they use the same music in the band and dance clubs?

  • STORY 14

    Is It Okay to Assign the Rights?

    • Assignment of Rights
    • Economic Rights

    Naoya tries to enter a competition with his favorite kitten video. He seems to be dazzled by the prize money, but he has not checked the copyright of the selected video.

  • STORY 15

    You Can Use My Work with These Conditions! Granting Licenses

    • Permission to Use
    • Creative Commons License

    Aoi is trying to make her original illustrations available to the public. She learns about Creative Commons licenses and the benefits of terms of use for illustrations to be used as intended.

  • STORY 16

    The Difficulty of Similarity

    • Similarity
    • Access
    • Setting
    • Idea

    Naoya finds a work similar to that Kasumi has posted on a novel submission site, but Kasumi is puzzled and confused.

  • STORY 17

    Similar Rights to Copyright and But Different Rights: Intellectual Property Rights

    • Intellectual Property Rights
    • Automatic Protection System
    • Patent Right
    • Utility Model Right
    • Breeder's Right
    • Design Right
    • Trademark Right

    In addition to copyrights, there are other systems to protect what people have come up with. The topic of car design is an opportunity to learn about them.

  • STORY 18

    Using Foreign Works

    • Berne Convention
    • Copyright Protection Term
    • Wartime Extensions

    Naoya and Kasumi want to use foreign lyrics on the website. They learn about the Berne Convention and wartime extentions from Prof. Uchida.

  • STORY 19

    What are Derivative Works?

    • Derivative Work
    • Original Work
    • Adaptation

    Aoi's friend wants to make a novel from a manga that Aoi drew, and Aoi consults with Kasumi and Naoya. She thinks it's okay to use the manga, but she also wonders how the friend will use the novel and how it will be published.

  • STORY 20

    What Should I Do If Copyrighted Work Appears in My Work?

    • Incidentally Captured Use
    • Incidentally Captured Works

    Ryota filmed the working scene in the lab to make a video introducing the lab. While editing the video, he noticed that a poster in the lab was in the video. Is there any problem with posting the video as it is?

  • STORY 21

    What Does "Reproduction for Private Use" Mean?

    • Reproduction
    • Reproduction for Private Use

    The regular exams were coming up, so they decided to study together. Aoi said there was a part of a specialized subject she did not understand, so Naoya copied a part of a book from his home and gave it to her. Kasumi pointed out that it might be a copyright infringement.

  • STORY 22

    AI Learns and AI Creates? Generative AI and Copyright

    • Generative AI
    • AI learning
    • Similarity
    • Access

    The illustration Naoya created for the event using generative AI resembled an old CD cover. What should we do in such a case? How should we think about the relationship between the system by which the AI learns from existing images to create pictures and copyrights?

  • STORY 23

    Copyright from the Perspective of Actors (Interviews)

    • Interview
    • Creative Commons License

    We interviewed the five lead actors about their experiences in performing in this video. We ask them about their knowledge of copyright that may be useful in the future, the publication of this material under a Creative Commons license, and various other thoughts related to copyright.

  • INTERVIEW

    Recommendations and Messages from Actors

    • Interview
    • Recommendations
    • Messages

    We asked the five lead actors for their recommendations and messages on the videos.