<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Dear Colleagues,<div><br></div><div>This has doubtless come up before but I'm not finding it in my archive of KineJapan.</div><div><br></div><div>Question: what is the law on fair use of film stills in academic publications in Japan? I.e., non-profit, for academic use only.</div><div><br></div><div>I am now hearing that in lieu of written permission from a rights-holder, the only form of publication that is considered acceptable is a thumbnail image, approximately 1/3 of the printed column width. Does this sound correct?</div><div><br></div><div>Would anybody by chance have a reference to the law on this?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks in advance,</div><div><br></div><div>Mark Roberts</div><div><div>Research Fellow, University of Tokyo Center for Philosophy<br><a href="http://utcp.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp/blog/mark_roberts/index_en.php">http://utcp.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp/blog/mark_roberts/index_en.php</a></div></div><div><br></div></body></html>