Japan’s Supreme Court upheld a lower court decision on Monday not to allow music copyright management body the Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers to collect copyright fees from students at music schools.
The top court rejected an appeal by JASRAC thereby finalizing the decision made by the Intellectual Property High Court last year to collect such royalties only from teachers at music schools.
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