BOOKOFF, I would like to ask a group of authors to pay 100 million yen

According to the Asahi Shimbun news report,Shinko Book StoreFamous as a major chain ofBOOKOFF (book off)It is said that they requested the author group to pay 100 million yen.

Although Shinko Bookstore is a store selling inexpensive old books such as comics that are close to new publications as much as possible, we are receiving criticism from the writer, saying that we can not obtain royalty income that a writer should be able to obtain if a new publication is purchased, Is it because of such criticism?

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Asahi.com: Book Off "I will pay 100 million yen to the author group" - Culture · Entertainment

According to this article, Book-off Corporation of Shinko Bookstore has offered payment of 100 million yen to author associations such as "Association for considering copyright of comic artists of the 21st century" and "Japanese literary artists association" It is said that it became clear.

According to the stakeholders, this request is based on the intention of "wanting to pay something similar to the usage fee of the work", and in response to the complaint that the profit of the author is damaged by the rise of the new bookstore, the concrete payment presentation It was the first time there was.

Since the right to transfer the work is said to disappear once the new publication has been sold, we are discussing the author's organization as to what to receive in the future.

Incidentally, "The Committee to Consider the Copyrights of the 21st Century Comic Writers"Official websiteAccording to it, as well as threatening the living and cartoon culture of the author, I mention not only Shogakutosho but also manga cafe.