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The Japan Times: Feb. 8, 2003

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20030208a6.htm

17.5 MILLION YEN IN DAMAGES

Dance schools hit for illegal use of music

NAGOYA (Kyodo) Seven ballroom dance schools in Aichi Prefecture were given a
court order Friday to pay some 17.5 million yen in damages for using
copyrighted music without authorization.

Upholding almost all of the claims by the Japanese Society for Rights of
Authors, Composers and Publishers, presiding Judge Yukio Kato of the Nagoya
District Court also ordered the schools to stop using the music in dance
classes without JASRAC approval.

JASRAC, which had been seeking 50 million yen in compensation, said the
ruling is the first that involves the use of music for ballroom dance
classes.

According to the judgment, the seven schools held dance lessons for profit
using music under the jurisdiction of JASRAC, without the society's
approval, from June 1999 to last November.

Six of the schools are located in Nagoya and one is in the town of Fuso.

The Copyright Law stipulates that dance schools must pay at least 3,000 yen
per month to use a musical piece. The fee differs depending on the school's
size.

According to JASRAC officials, there are about 2,500 dance schools
nationwide, but only 57 percent have received approval to use copyrighted
music under its jurisdiction.

JASRAC said it hopes the ruling will serve as a warning to other schools not
to use such music without gaining permission.

Kato said the use of music is necessary to hold dance classes, which
students are required to pay for, thereby making the music a profit-making
instrument. He added that charges for the use of music are included in
enrollment and lesson fees.

The schools said they teach dance not for commercial purposes but to promote
the arts, adding that such fees constitute an abuse of rights.

The schools' operators said they will consult with their lawyers on whether
to file an appeal.

Takeshi Muramoto

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