Arab-Japan

[Roger Macy]

Hi, Najib,
I'm a bit concerned that no one seems to have responded to you.  If you've 
got some replies already, please ignore this.  Re-reading it, I now think 
the question is whether it is legal in Japan ?  I'd hope that a 1 minute 
illustration in a talk would be covered by artistic comment provisions but, 
as other posts make clear, the law doesn't necessarily do what is 
reasonable.  But is the underlying question whether the rights owners could 
be difficult because they are not getting their dues from the sales in Arab 
countries that your artist is selling?  The one thing I'm sure of is that it 
is the law of the national jurisdiction that counts and not a cultural 
block.  In the fifties, the USSR didn't recognise copyright but its 
satellite countries did.
You could always write and say what you intend to do, that you're writing 
out of courtesy, and that you believe such usage as an illustration does not 
fall within copyright restrictions and you intend to highlight rights 
problems in the Arab world.  But that you hope you have their blessing.
I can't imagine they'd try and object, and you would have protected 
yourself.  But if you were promoting or selling his DVDs, you'd have no 
legal cover.
Just my view.
Roger

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "El-Khash Najib" <najibjp at yahoo.co.jp>
To: <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 12:34 PM
Subject: Arab-Japan


>
> Hello,
>
> Happy Kafun-shou season to all!
>
> I hope someone has time to give me advice about something
> most probably discussed before on this ML.
>
> I'm organizing an event that includes a panel discussion
> about animation in the context of Japanese-Arab exchange
> (mostly about the influence of anime in the Arab world).
>
> A Syrian "manga" artist from Syria will participate and I
> was planning to use some of his anime works to introduce
> him. That would involve showing the works on a screen
> behind the panelists. One work is about 1 minute long. The
> anime is his, but the music is from Gundam. Would it be
> illegal to feature Gundam music without permission from
> Sunrize, even if I talk in the lecture about the lack of
> copyright protection in the Arab World?
>
> In case someone is intersted in such topics in Tokyo (and
> Kyoto), here is the HP of the event.
> www.arabfestival.net
>
> Also for those interested, the Arab Film Festival in Tokyo
> is currently taking place, and a Syrian film called "Out
> of Coverage Area" features a Japanese character (as a
> student of Arabic in Damascus), a first in Syrian cinema
> and perhaps in Arab cinema.
>
> http://www.jpf.go.jp/e/culture/topics/movie/arab_2008.html
>
>
> Many thanks for any advice,
> Najib
>
>
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