Japan Academic Association for Copyright Clearance

JAC, Japan Academic Association for Copyright Clearance

9-6-41 Akasaka, Minato-ku
Tokyo
107-0052
Japan
Phone: +81 3-3475-5618
Fax: +81 3-3475-5619
Email: info@jaacc.jp
web: http://www.jaacc.org

Chief Executive:
Executive Director : Yutaka NOMA
Chief Executive Email : noma@jaacc.jp

KEY REPRESENTATIVES
: Kazuto HAZAMA
E-Mail : hazama@jaacc.jp
: Megumi ONO
E-Mail : ono@jaacc.jp

HISTORY OF ORGANISATION
History of the organisation : JAC was established in 1989 by four leading academic associations of the scientific and engineering academia in Japan: The Japan Federation of Engineering Societies(JFES), Association of Japanese Agricultural Scientific Societies(JASS), Japanese Association for Dental Science(JADS) and The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan(PST) . Then JAC was requested to join the foundation of reprographic rights center of Japan together with rightholders of academia, industries and arts. In 1990, JAC, Copyright Council for Publishers and Federation of Authors Organizations, jointly founded Japan Reprographic Rights Center (JRRC). JAC has bilateral agreements with 26 RROs.
Year of incorporation : 1989
Year of first collection : 1992
Year of first distribution : 1994

ORGANISATION
Composition of Board
Total number of Board Members : 18
How are Board Members elected : nominated By the General Assembly
Total number of Author Representatives :9
Total number of Publisher Representatives :1
Remarks about the Board : The Board consists of 18 members, half of whom are nominated by four leading academic associations of the scientific and engineering academia in Japan: The Japan Federation of Engineering Societies(JFES), Association of Japanese Agricultural Scientific Societies(JASS), Japanese Association for Dental Science(JADS) and The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan(PST). President, Vice-President (up to three) and Executive Director are elected by mutual vote of these 18 members.

Members:
Total number of Member Associations : 4
Total Rights holders represented : 875
Remarks about the members : The total number of JAC's rightholders is currently about 875 covering some 810 academic societies and publishers as well as some 30 universities and 35 companies.

MODEL OF RRO OPERATION

Type of National legislation :

Civil law : Yes
Common law : No

Licensing system:
Voluntary Licencing schemes, without any form of back-up in Copyright Laws
Other licensing system : The activities of JAACC are based on The Japan Copyright Law, and in accordance with the enactment of The Law on Management Business of Copyright and Neighbouring Rights.

LICENCES
Reprographic licences
Types of works licensed : Mainly published academic works and academic related works in printed form
Types of uses licensed (including, where applicable, course packs, document delivery): Photocopying of works for internal use and external use
Types of institutions/sectors licensed : JAC licenses through JRRC the reproduction of domestic works to some 5,600 users: mostly companies and some universities as well as governmental organizations. However, reproduction of foreign RRO's works is directly licensed by JAC to some 900 users.


Digital Licences
Types of works licensed: Mainly published academic works and academic related works in printed form. It applies only to domestic works at present.
Types of uses licensed (including, where applicable, course packs,
document delivery and storage): Storing works in digital form (available only for internal use), Digital form onto paper (available for internal use and external use)
Types of institutions/sectors licensed : Mostly companies and some universities as well as governmental organizations

Other Licences
Public Lending Rights : No


DISTRIBUTION
Title-specific distribution : No
Non title-specific distribution : No
Both title-specific distribution and non title-specific distribution : Yes
Full reporting : Yes
Sampling : Yes
Statistical surveys : No
Objective availability : No
Possibility to be copied : No


AGREEMENTS
Number of Bilateral agreements type A : 16
Bilateral agreements type A with : CCC (USA), CEDRO (Spain), CLA (United Kingdom), COLCCMA (Taiwan), COPIBEC (Canada), IRRO (India), ProLitteris (Switzerland), CopyRus (Russia), CADRA (Argentina), YRCI (Indonesia), CAL (Australia) , CLL (New Zealand), REPROBEL (Belgium), Access Copyright (Canada), ICLA (Ireland), CopyRo(Romania)
Number of Bilateral agreements type B : 10
Bilateral agreements type B with : CeMPro (Mexico), CLASS (Singapore), HKRRLS (Hong Kong), TTRRO (Trinidad and Tobago), FILCOLS (Philippines), Copydan Writing (Denmark), JAMCOPY (Jamaica) ,ZARRSO (Zambia), VG-WORT (Germany), LUXORR (Luxembourg)

FINANCIAL DATA


Total amount collected for all licensing :
JPY 973,536,315.00 (+/- EUR 8,966,899.83)

Total amount collected for reproduction licensing :
JPY 973,536,315.00 (+/- EUR 8,966,899.83)

Total amount collected nationally for reproduction licensing :
JPY 965,279,501.00 (+/- EUR 8,890,849.23)

Total amount received for licensing from other RROs world-wide :
JPY 8,256,814.00 (+/- EUR 76,050.60)

Total amount distributed to national rightsholders :
JPY 6,935,724.00 (+/- EUR 63,882.51)

Total Amount distributed to foreign RROs :
JPY 810,834,781.00 (+/- EUR 7,468,313.36)

Total amount distributed from all licensing :
JPY 817,770,505.00 (+/- EUR 7,532,195.86)


The exchange rate of 1 January 2011 was applied, being EUR 1= 108.5700 JPY