RE: [dvd-discuss] Slightly OT - Japanese copyrights

[Richard Hartman <hartman(at)onetouch.com>]

Read that law again.  It is not merely a statement against
distributing an altered/enhanced version of the work.  It
specifically retains the right to make translations, so if
your inserted frames were translations of the movie it would
violate that law.

-- 
-Richard M. Hartman
hartman@onetouch.com

186,000 mi./sec ... not just a good idea, it's the LAW!


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Noah silva [mailto:nsilva@atari-source.com]
...
> 
> What if you inserted frames with the subtitles between frames of the
> movie?  It might be slightly flickery, but you would be able to see
> both.  If they wanted to argue that, I think commercials 
> would be illegal
> too, since they insert other footage between parts of the movie ;)
> 
>  -- noah silva 
> 
> On Mon, 4 Mar 2002, Jeremy Simmons wrote:
> 
> > For an off topic thread this post seems to have gone right 
> around the world.
> > 
> > Anyway, as far as subtitling works in Japan it appears to 
> be governed by 
> > Article 27 of the Copyright Law of Japan, (if you want to 
> see the whole thing 
> > then you might try 
> > 
> > http://www.cric.or.jp/cric_e/clj/clj.html
> > 
> > Article 27 reads
> > 
> > (Rights of translation, adaptation, etc.)
> >  Article 27.  The author shall have the exclusive rights to 
> translate, 
> > arrange musically or transform, or dramatize, cinematize, 
> or otherwise adapt 
> > his work.
> > 
> > So you would need the permission  of the author for any 
> attempt to translate 
> > as a public service.
> > 
> > Jeremy Simmons
> > 
>