1971: Film director loses copyright 22

Record of remarks after Attorney Takezawa's lecture.

O (organizer):

There is a memorandum between the "日本映画監督協会"(Japan Directors Guild) and the ”映画製作者連盟”'(映連/Eiren=Toho, Shochiku, Toei, Nikkatsu, Daiei. Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan).

This was agreed upon in 1971, just after the current Copyright Law was established, and since then, not only the contents of copyright attribution but also the minimum director's fee and other matters have been revised basically every two years.

I have compiled the stories I have heard from the people involved into a document .

It is written about additional compensation for theatrical films, that is, additional compensation for theatrical films that are broadcast on television or made into videos, and also for the various video equipment that has been developed recently.

Under the Copyright Law, the copyright holder, that is, the "製作者" with the "衣" attached, has exclusive rights to the film, but this document is written about payments to the Directors Guild of Japan.

If a film is broadcast on television (up to two times), the Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan will pay the Directors Guild of Japan at least 200,000 yen for a feature film over an hour, and 40,000 yen for a film under an hour.
From the third broadcast onwards, 4% of the sales contract amount will be paid.
Then, if the film is made into a commercially available home video, the Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan will pay 1.75% of 80% (= 800) of every 1,000 videos to the Directors Guild of Japan every six months.

If copies of the film are used on professional videos in hotels, airplanes, libraries, etc., the Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan will pay 35% of 80% of the amount obtained by the production company to the Directors Guild of Japan every six months.