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Japan: Introduced Copyright Act amendment

Policy overview

Description

Introduced Copyright Act amendment

The "Act to Revise Part of the Copyright Act and the Special Provisions on the Registration of Works of Computer Programming" is introduced in the Japanese Diet. The Act defines "index sites" and "index apps" as the websites and apps that guide the …

Scope

Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: other
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament

Complete timeline of this policy change

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2020-03-10
under deliberation

The "Act to Revise Part of the Copyright Act and the Special Provisions on the Registration of Work…

2020-06-05
adopted

On 5 June 2020, the "Act to Revise Part of the Copyright Act and the Special Provisions on the Regi…

2020-06-12
in grace period

The "Act to Revise Part of the Copyright Act and the Special Provisions on the Registration of Work…

2021-01-01
in force

On 1 January 2021, the "Act to Revise Part of the Copyright Act and the Special Provisions on the R…