The proposal of copyright law reform has passed Parliament in an unanimous vote.
It extends the protection term from 50 to 70 years after publication for movies and introduces some modifications to the enforcing procedure making it easier for rightholders to collect damages.
More at Makina (in Japanese).
See also this short article on Japantoday.com (via Digital Consumer).
Posted by Karl-Friedrich Lenz at June 15, 2003 07:16 PM | TrackBack