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Japan music copyright group to charge minimal usage fee for students after Supreme Court case

( March 3, 2025, 02:39 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Japan's largest music-copyright group announced Feb. 28 that it will charge a small fee to music-class students for usage, after a Supreme Court case that ruled on a music-education exemption for copyright fees. The Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers, or JASRAC, said it reached an agreement with a group representing music schools and educators to charge 750 yen ($5) per adult student and 100 yen per child student annually, with provisions for minimal-use cases. The agreement comes after a 2022 Supreme Court decision of a lawsuit filed against JASRAC by the music school group, prompted by JASRAC's previous charge of 2.5 percent of tuition. The statement follows:...

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