Yahoo! JAPAN agrees to pay the copyright fee of the video sharing site to JASRAC

According to the Nihon Keizai Shimbun news report, a video sharing site Yahoo! began operating in April "Yahoo! Video Cast"It seems that they agreed to pay the copyright fee of the songs in the submitted videos to the Japan Music Association of Copyright (JASRAC).

Among video sharing sites used by Japanese people,YouTube accounted for 93.3% of the overwhelming proportionAndNico Nico Douga with more than twice as much time per user as YouTubeWill other video sharing sites follow, such as following up?

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Yahoo!, copyright royalty payment / video sharing site music of individual performances

According to this article, Yahoo! is taking over payment of copyright fee when there are songs copyrighted by the Japan Music Association for Copyright (JASRAC) among videos posted on Yahoo! Video Cast It is said to be. This means that users will be able to legally post videos with individual music performance scenes.

Details of the amount of royalties paid by Yahoo! to JASRAC and details of how to declare songs have not been decided yet, but it seems to sign this agreement as details are decided. While copyright infringement caused by illegal posting becomes a problem, Yahoo!, the largest Internet company, is working together with right holders to develop posting rules.

By losing fear of being illegal posting, it may be better for users to be able to post videos with confidence.