Japan Reproduction Rights Center

JRRC, Japan Reproduction Rights Center

Daiichi Aoyama Bldg. 3F,
3-3-7, Kita-Aoyama,
Minato-ku,
Tokyo
107-0061
Japan
Phone: +81 3 3401 2382
Fax: +81 3 3401 2386
Email: jrrc_info@jrrc.or.jp
web: http://www.jrrc.or.jp/

Chief Executive:
President : Masao Handa

KEY REPRESENTATIVES
Vice President : Taichi Seo
Secretary General : Takaya Inada

HISTORY OF ORGANISATION
Year of incorporation : 1991, granted as a legal person under the Civil Code in 1998
Year of first collection : 1992
Year of first distribution : 1995

ORGANISATION
Composition of Board
Total number of Board Members : 17
How are Board Members elected : Elected at the biennial General Meeting
Total number of Author Representatives :4
Total number of Publisher Representatives :4
Remarks about the Board : In addition to the above, 4 members from JAACC and newspapers' association respectively, and 1 member (President) has been appointed from experts. Other than the Board members, 3 auditors are included in JRRC's Executives.

Members:
Total number of Member Associations : 4
Total Publishers' Associations :1
Total Creators' (authors and visual artists) Associations:1
Total Rights holders represented : 8
Remarks about the members : Federation of Authors’ Organizations (arts, photographs, literary works, script and scenario): 13,171 members. Japan Academic Association for Copyright Clearance: 867 members. Japan Publishers Copyright Organization: 231 publishers. Copyright Council of Newspaper Publishers: 68 members.

MODEL OF RRO OPERATION

Type of National legislation :

Civil law : Yes
Common law : No
Other Law: Besides the Copyright Law, the "Law on Management Business of Copyright and Neighboring Rights" was enacted in 2000. JRRC operates its management business in accordance with this Law

Licensing system:
Voluntary Licencing schemes, without any form of back-up in Copyright Laws

LICENCES
Reprographic licences
Types of works licensed : All categories of printed works, including newspapers, except sheet music.
Types of uses licensed (including, where applicable, course packs, document delivery): Mainly, internal usage in enterprizes, organizations, etc.
Types of institutions/sectors licensed : All kinds of users (at present, mainly commercial and industrial corporations)


Digital Licences
Types of works licensed: none
Types of uses licensed (including, where applicable, course packs,
document delivery and storage): none
Types of institutions/sectors licensed : none
Pilot Projects : none


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 : No
Full reporting : No
Sampling : Yes
Statistical surveys : No
Objective availability : No
Possibility to be copied : No


AGREEMENTS
Other agreements with RROs : none

FINANCIAL DATA


Total amount collected for all licensing :
JPY 203,774,504.00 (+/- EUR 1,790,794.48)

Total amount collected for reproduction licensing :
JPY 203,774,504.00 (+/- EUR 1,790,794.48)

Total amount collected nationally for reproduction licensing :
JPY 203,774,504.00 (+/- EUR 1,790,794.48)

Total amount received for licensing from other RROs world-wide :
JPY 0.00 (+/- EUR 0.00)

Total amount distributed to national rightsholders :
JPY 150,916,229.00 (+/- EUR 1,326,269.70)

Total Amount distributed to foreign RROs :
JPY 0.00 (+/- EUR 0.00)

Total amount distributed from all licensing :
JPY 150,916,229.00 (+/- EUR 1,326,269.70)


The exchange rate of 1 January 2013 was applied, being EUR 1= 113.7900 JPY