Copyright policy compatible with the DX era

■Copyright policy compatible with the DX era

The Council for Cultural Affairs has announced a copyright system and policies that are compatible with the DX era.

Aiming to create a virtuous cycle of content creation, they deliberated on simple, unified rights processing policy.

This laid out direction in a big way.

A system that creates a cross-sector, unified help desk and also constructs a rights information database.

Until a few years ago, discussions on copyright focused heavily on institutional theory and were confined to cliques.

Now, the focus on “measures” such as database and help desk preparation and public awareness has increased.

Is this not a sign that the tie between copyright and economic society has become an important field of policy?

The most difficult problems are things like costs and revenue design, and this entire report will be hollow if we cannot clear that hurdle.

We must also increase the prioritization of policies relating to securing public funding.

I think giving outward-facing messaging for that sake as well, such as by riding along on other large policies, is important.

In that respect, rather than staying within cliques, coordination within Kasumigaseki is also important, such as for data policies and regulatory reforms, so blood, sweat, and tears are required to implement this policy. 

I would like the cooperation of both committee members and other relevant parties.