Injunction against copyright infringement, etc.

Injunction against copyright infringement, etc.

[Key issue] “Defense of quotation” and “fair practices” (Article 32, paragraph (1) of the Copyright Act)

A case in which, concerning file footage for the press over which a news agency has copyright, the court held that the act of quoting and using the same in a documentary film without indicating the source is not lawful quotation.