Kensaku Fukui “Who Dominates ‘Intelligence’?”

　”Who Dominates ‘Intelligence’?” by Kensaku Fukui.

　The meaning of digital archive as an infrastructure, fierce strategy of the West, and the path that Japan should take. Here are some points from the book that I picked up. (à are my thoughts.)

　Europeana Collections is EU’s electronic museum that released 30,000,000 works digitally. The French government allocated ¥100 billion budget for it. The number of items in the National Diet Library in Japan is 480,000 pieces.

　à There is a two-digit difference.

　The French national video archive INA released 100,000 pieces in 2006. 1,000 pieces are added every year. NHK released 4,351 programs as of 2013.

　à There is a two-digit difference.

　The EU issued an orphan works order in 2012 . If the research process is recorded, it can be digitized and released. This order, rights information database ARROW, and Europeana archives are a three-piece set.

　à It is built strategically.

　The fourth most searched word of EU Europeana in 2013 was “Japan.” However, there is no hits on the information on manga, J-pop, or fashion.

　à Because our transmission is low despite the interest. Japan needs to react quickly.

　The Digital Public Library of America that was established in 2013 by Harvard and other organizations already has 7 million works. There are 7 million students for their online lecture MOOC. The U.S. National Archives has 2,500 employees. Japan’s National Archives has 50.

　à There is also a two-digit difference in the number of employees.

　Due to the opinion of IT industry wanting to promote distribution in America, the shortening of copyright protection period appeared. The background is that when they extended the period, orphan works have increased rapidly.

　à The discussion point has shifted to the method of how to protect and how to use.

　Due to the copyright law reform in 2012, the National Diet Library in Japan can distribute to other libraries. Distribution of 1.31 million pieces has started. However, the National Diet Library’s digitization budget is ¥20 million. It is 25cm worth of road construction. Cultural budget for individuals in Japan is 1/8 of France.

　à Let’s spend some money.

　At the end of this book, there are 10 policy proposals listed. I will point these out, too.

1) Create a network of archives nationwide.

　à The idea of archive chain of islands in which various archives are set up in a distribution model to create the network. I agree.

2) Copyrighted work usage agreement with overseas and interconnecting of archives with various countries.

　à Deepens the connection with overseas and creates a global network. I agree.

3) Open data.

　à Advance the opening, including outsourcing the works of Cultural Affairs Agency.

4) Subtitling.

　à Strengthen the transmission. We want to advance the idea of attaching foreign language subtitles to various information of Japan.

5) Digitization budget of ¥20 billion.

　à This is rather small.

6) Enactment of digital archive propulsion method.

　à Let’s do it.