Talk:Japanese copyright law

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Ive been told by several sources that promotional materials (ie. movie posters) are not covered by copyright in Japan. Can anyone expand/confirm/debunk this? --168.156.89.181 04:11, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

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this one? It's already in English.

Nope. Another much big one.

Can somebody expand on this:

The concept of public domain in Japan is controversial. Because there is no concept of public domain in Japan's copyright law, even though the materials are claimed public domain, there can be some restrictions such as about commercial use, which has a conflict with GFDL.

Does copyright never expire in Japan? Is it not possible for a copyright holder to give a licence that waives all copyright restrictions? ( 19:11, 19 Dec 2003 (UTC)

I did a quick reading of the CRIC site, and there's no mention of how one may renounce copyright (automatically granted to all except certain Government documents) to one's work. A-giau 02:55, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
This is not unusual in copyright law, I don't think the UK and USA are any different.
Why even bother adding the GFDL blurb in there? Isn't that by an American? I'm sure plenty of "American" clauses don't apply in Japan. It sounds like GNU zealotry to me. I will remove it for the time being.

[edit] Postage stamps

Does anyone know how this relates to Japanese postage stamps? They aren't mentioned. BrokenSphereMsg me 00:04, 4 October 2007 (UTC)