Legal issues of the broadcast and simultaneous Internet transmission of open university courses

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the legal issues of simultaneous Internet transmission of broadcasting programs of the Open University of Japan (OUJ) and to take legal measures to promote the mutual utilization of open university courses in Japan, the UK, China and Korea. Desig...

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Main Author: Kodama Haruo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Emerald Publishing 2022-12-01
Series:AAOU Journal
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Online Access:https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/AAOUJ-04-2022-0062/full/pdf
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description Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the legal issues of simultaneous Internet transmission of broadcasting programs of the Open University of Japan (OUJ) and to take legal measures to promote the mutual utilization of open university courses in Japan, the UK, China and Korea. Design/methodology/approach – The author examines the legal relationship regarding Internet simultaneous distribution of broadcast courses at the OUJ. The author then considers the legal relationship between the UK, China and South Korea regarding the simultaneous transmission of broadcast courses over the internet. Based on that consideration, this paper clarifies legal measures to promote its utilization. Findings – Internet transmission of broadcasting courses will be webcasting. Arguably, it can be assumed to be streaming and on-demand, albeit controversial. Webcasting will be publicly transmitted, but there is only an on-demand provision for Internet transmission. As webcasting is streaming and on-demand, it involves reproduction of broadcasting courses. Therefore, webcasting needs to provide streaming provision for public transmission rights and associate them with reproduction right. Originality/value – The originality of this paper lies in clarifying the legal response of the object, subject and rights of webcasting from the perspective of the OUJ, in order to dispel legal problems that may arise in the future against this unexplored phenomenon. Additionally, this paper is valuable in that it presents legal consistency from the point of view of the comparative laws of Japan, the UK, China and South Korea, based on an examination of the legal response in Japan.
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spelling doaj.art-bc07a074227b44208ee4dfe210fd7f412023-06-23T09:23:38ZengEmerald PublishingAAOU Journal1858-34312414-69942022-12-0117330531910.1108/AAOUJ-04-2022-0062Legal issues of the broadcast and simultaneous Internet transmission of open university coursesKodama Haruo0Department of Liberal Arts, The Open University of Japan, Chiba, JapanPurpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the legal issues of simultaneous Internet transmission of broadcasting programs of the Open University of Japan (OUJ) and to take legal measures to promote the mutual utilization of open university courses in Japan, the UK, China and Korea. Design/methodology/approach – The author examines the legal relationship regarding Internet simultaneous distribution of broadcast courses at the OUJ. The author then considers the legal relationship between the UK, China and South Korea regarding the simultaneous transmission of broadcast courses over the internet. Based on that consideration, this paper clarifies legal measures to promote its utilization. Findings – Internet transmission of broadcasting courses will be webcasting. Arguably, it can be assumed to be streaming and on-demand, albeit controversial. Webcasting will be publicly transmitted, but there is only an on-demand provision for Internet transmission. As webcasting is streaming and on-demand, it involves reproduction of broadcasting courses. Therefore, webcasting needs to provide streaming provision for public transmission rights and associate them with reproduction right. Originality/value – The originality of this paper lies in clarifying the legal response of the object, subject and rights of webcasting from the perspective of the OUJ, in order to dispel legal problems that may arise in the future against this unexplored phenomenon. Additionally, this paper is valuable in that it presents legal consistency from the point of view of the comparative laws of Japan, the UK, China and South Korea, based on an examination of the legal response in Japan.https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/AAOUJ-04-2022-0062/full/pdfOpen and distance education (ODE)WebcastingBroadcastingInternet transmissionCopyrightPublic transmission right
spellingShingle Kodama Haruo
Legal issues of the broadcast and simultaneous Internet transmission of open university courses
AAOU Journal
Open and distance education (ODE)
Webcasting
Broadcasting
Internet transmission
Copyright
Public transmission right
title Legal issues of the broadcast and simultaneous Internet transmission of open university courses
title_full Legal issues of the broadcast and simultaneous Internet transmission of open university courses
title_fullStr Legal issues of the broadcast and simultaneous Internet transmission of open university courses
title_full_unstemmed Legal issues of the broadcast and simultaneous Internet transmission of open university courses
title_short Legal issues of the broadcast and simultaneous Internet transmission of open university courses
title_sort legal issues of the broadcast and simultaneous internet transmission of open university courses
topic Open and distance education (ODE)
Webcasting
Broadcasting
Internet transmission
Copyright
Public transmission right
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