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Japan's JASRAC, music schools find harmony after long copyright battle

By Toko Sekiguchi ( March 4, 2025, 11:52 GMT | Comment) -- Japan's most powerful performing-rights organization and music educators have reached a landmark agreement on new usage fees for copyrighted works in music schools, following a lengthy legal battle and a Supreme Court ruling that exempted student performances from royalties.Following a lengthy legal dispute, an agreement was reached last week between Japan’s largest performing-rights organization and a coalition of music educators, setting new standards for the performance of copyrighted works in music schools....

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