Question on Fair Use of Film Stills

[Mark Roberts]

Dear Colleagues,

This has doubtless come up before but I'm not finding it in my archive of KineJapan.

Question: what is the law on fair use of film stills in academic publications in Japan? I.e., non-profit, for academic use only.

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?

Would anybody by chance have a reference to the law on this?

Thanks in advance,

Mark Roberts
Research Fellow, University of Tokyo Center for Philosophy
http://utcp.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp/blog/mark_roberts/index_en.php

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