Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers, and Publishers
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| Formation | 1939 |
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| Type | licensing and royalties |
| Headquarters | 3-6-12 Uehara, Shibuya, Tokyo |
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Haku Ide |
| Website | jasrac |
Coordinates: 35°40′4.5″N 139°40′48.8″E / 35.667917°N 139.680222°E The Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers (社団法人日本音楽著作権協会 Shadanhōjin Nihon Ongaku Chosakuken Kyōkai), often referred to as JASRAC, is a Japanese copyright collection society. It was founded in 1939 as a non-profit making organization, and is the largest musical copyright administration society in Japan.
JASRAC's main business activity is to act as trustee of copyright rights such as recording and performing rights for songwriters, lyricists, and music publishers. It manages licensing to music users, collects license fees, and distributes the same to the rights holders. It also supervises copyright infringements and prosecutes infringers. Because JASRAC is a foundation, it is subject to the General Foundation and Estate Foundation Act subject to the rules non-profit management.
The headquarters is located in Shibuya, Tokyo, in a building owned by the Masao Koga Music Cultural Memorial Foundation. It has 22 branches in major cities of Japan. JASRAC was established in 1939 with the predecessor Great Japan Music Association, and is the oldest copyright management company in Japan.
In 1988 Japan joined the Berne Convention where the Copyright law was enforced. However, there was no concept on how to pay royalties for recorded songs for each live performance. In 1931, Wilhelm Prague (ウィルヘルム・プラーゲ), a German teacher at the imperial First High School under the old system, established a copyright management organization called "Prague Institution" in Tokyo, and argued that it mainly acquired the agency right for Japan from a European copyright management organization and began requesting music usage fees to all businesses using music, such as broadcasting stations and orchestras.
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