A new round for content strategy.

 ■A new round for content strategy.A new round starts at the IP Division. A recent action is strategies for content utilization. The direction that I laid out as chairperson was given to the Cultural Affairs Council for deliberation, and was summarized as “Copyright systems and policies compatible with the DX era”There is also movement on anti-piracy measures.In addition to finding piracy sites guilty, advertising agencies have been ordered to pay compensation to writers.The Copyright Act has been revised in advance of this, and...

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Broadcasting systems have finally come an important point.

■Broadcasting systems have finally come an important point.Broadcasting has been treated as an isolated and special position, both in industry and in government, so it has fallen out of the economic value chain and is now in trouble.The meetings of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications’ conference are treated as broadcasts in the diverse information space, including the Internet, and question the diversity, pluralism, and local properties of culture found there. This is the correct understanding.In consideration of the deficit of...

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Wavering digital utilization and a business law framework.

■Wavering digital utilization and a business law framework.Amendments to the Telecommunications Business Act are unstable.1. Institutional development processThe procedure being hasty was presented as problematic by a portion of the industry.As the state of the world changes rapidly and drastically in this field, it is a matter of the speed and coordination required for preparation of the requisite legal system.The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has now held 16 meetings in 10 months, and vigorous discussions continue. It is not...

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A digital policy forum starting 20 years after reorganization of the central government

■A digital policy forum starting 20 years after reorganization of the central governmentIt has been 20 years since the reorganization of the central government. It also marks 20 years of digitalization. The “Digital” Agency finally being born as a result of such speaks to the slowness of Japan’s progress, but the fact that funds, laws, and personnel were gather in such a short period of time to launch it is a remarkable feat that is a testament to the horsepower remaining in this country.In 1997, Hashimoto’s administrative reforms dissolved the...

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