[KineJapan] Copyright-free images

[Maria Roberta Novielli]

Dear Mark,

Thank you for your prompt reply.

I’m afraid that my book would not be completely considered as “academic”,
since the publisher is a big company in Italy, not only related to academic
works.

I would use some stills taken from DVDs, but I wonder if the rights belong
to the producers of the DVDs or to the original production companies, if
still existing.

Roberta




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Maria Roberta Novielli
Associate Professor
Japanese Cinema and Literature

Artistic Direction and Overall Organization
Ca’ Foscari Short Film Festival
http://cafoscarishort.unive.it


Ca' Foscari University - Venice
Department of Philosophy and Cultural Heritage
Palazzo Malcanton-Marcorà
Dorsoduro 3484/d
30123 VENEZIA

e mail:
novielli at unive.it
cafoscarishort at unive.it

2014-09-10 14:46 GMT+02:00 Mark Roberts <mroberts37 at mail-central.com>:

> Dear Roberta,
>
> Are you using stills from DVDs?
>
> While there is no "fair use" per se in Japan, my understanding has been
> that use of DVD stills in academic works is covered by article 32.1
> <http://www.cric.or.jp/english/clj/cl2.html#cl2_1+A32> of the Japanese
> copyright law (著作権法第32条). The main issue seems to be the formality of a
> "permission request", i.e., whether or not you need to contact the rights
> holder to "ask" if you may follow the law.
>
> If anybody else has further thoughts about this, I too would be curious to
> hear them.
>
>
> M. Roberts
> Research Fellow, University of Tokyo Center for Philosophy
> http://utcp.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp/blog/mark_roberts/index_en.php
>
>
>
> On Sep 10, 2014, at 9:30 PM, Maria Roberta Novielli wrote:
>
>
> Dear Friends,
>
> I have just completed my new book, an history of Japanese animated movies,
> to be published next January in Italy. I know each country has different
> laws regarding the publication of copyright-free stills. I think in Japan
> one can freely use pictures from a movie if it has been produced before
> 1978. Can anybody confirm or help me finding out the exact low?
>
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Roberta Novielli
>
>
>
> _________________________
>
> Maria Roberta Novielli
> Associate Professor
> Japanese Cinema and Literature
>
> Artistic Direction and Overall Organization
> Ca’ Foscari Short Film Festival
> http://cafoscarishort.unive.it
>
>
> Ca' Foscari University - Venice
> Department of Philosophy and Cultural Heritage
> Palazzo Malcanton-Marcorà
> Dorsoduro 3484/d
> 30123 VENEZIA
>
> e mail:
> novielli at unive.it
> cafoscarishort at unive.it
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