Copyrights - Filing Requirements


Copyright Filing for Written Materials
  • Copies of the work on magnetic discs (CDs) should be submitted to the Agency for Cultural Affairs.

Notes
(1) The registrations of the true name, the date of the first publication, the date of creation, and the registration of a copyright shall be made by the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs by entering or recording them in the copyright register.

(2) The copyright register may, as provided by Cabinet Order, be prepared in whole or in part by means of magnetic discs (including any similar material object capable of assuring records of given items.

(3) The Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs shall, when having made a registration, give public notice thereof in the Official Gazette.

(4) Any person may demand of the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs the delivery of a certified copy or a certified abstract of entries in the copyright register or a copy of its annexed documents, or the opportunity to inspect the register or its annexed documents, or the delivery of copies of entries in the part of the copyright register, prepared by means of magnetic discs.

(5) A person making such demand shall pay a fee, the amount of which is fixed by Cabinet Order, taking into account actual cost.

(6) The provision of the preceding paragraph shall not apply in the case where a person who shall pay a fee in accordance with the provision of that paragraph is the State, etc.