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The four organisations expressed concerns about training without consent or remuneration, creative opportunities and infringement risk. They sought clarification of the proviso to Copyright Act Article 30-4, assessment of possible amendment and opportunities for dialogue with the authorities.
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The four organisations expressed concerns about training without consent or remuneration, creative opportunities and infringement risk. They sought clarification of the proviso to Copyright Act Article 30-4, assessment of possible amendment and opportunities for dialogue with the authorities.
A joint rights-holder statement and policy demands, not enacted amendments, a court ruling or a comprehensive AI ban. It also discusses conditions for safe assistive use of generative AI. Legal descriptions remain attributed to the source, not independently verified statements of current law.
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Editorial interpretation: photography rights organisations and publishers jointly connect training use, creative livelihoods and copyright rules, while retaining the possibility of assistive creative uses.
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The four organisations expressed concerns about training without consent or remuneration, creative opportunities and infringement risk. They sought clarification of the proviso to Copyright Act Article 30-4, assessment of possible amendment and opportunities for dialogue with the authorities.
SRC-0236Full text of the single-page PDF, lines 0–36: date, four signatories, problem statement and policy demands.
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SRC-0235Webpage lines 20–30: publication date, joint issuers and original-text link.
Japan Magazine Publishers Association; Japan Photographic Copyright Association; Japan Book Publishers Association; Japan Newspaper Publishers & Editors Association · JA · 2023-08-17
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