Copyright Regulations of The Iron and Steel Institute of Japan(Purpose)
Article 1
The purpose of these regulations is to stipulate matters related to the handling of copyrights foredited works and individual works handled by The Iron and Steel Institute of Japan (hereinafterreferred to as the “Institute”).
(Definitions)
Article 2
In these regulations, the meanings of the terms listed in each of the items below will be according to
the stipulations of the relevant items.
I.
Copyrights: Include all of the rights stipulated in Article 21 through Article 28 of the Copyright
Act of JapanII.
Works: Refer to things that creatively express ideas or feelings and that belong within thescope of literary art, academia, art, or music, and include edited works
III.
Author: Refers to the person who created a work
IV.
Distribution: Refers to transferring ownership of or renting a reproduction to the public,
irrespective of whether it is for a fee or free of charge(Handling of works for hire)
Article 3
An “author” in these regulations includes a juridical person, etc. in the event that the juridical person,etc. will be the author under the stipulations of Article 15 of the Copyright Act.
(Classification of works)
Article 4
1. The classifications of the works handled by the Institute are stipulated in the attached table 1.
2. The meanings of the classifications stipulated in the previous clause are stipulated in each of theitems below.
I. Classification I: Works that have high academic or technological value, and for which
the Institute’s possession of their copyrights will result in efforts toappropriately protect copyrights and smoothly and effectively utilize
the works; The purpose is for the Institute to distribute them or provide
them to the public via something such as the Internet or e-mail, either
for a fee or free of charge, in order to broadly disseminate the works.
II. Classification II: Works that have the purpose of being distributed in order to promote
the Institute’s activities or use of the works or to be provided to thepublic via something such as the Internet or e-mail, for which thecopyrights belong to their authors, and for which the Institute hasreceived licenses from the authors for actions subject to the rights
stipulated in Article 21 through Article 28 of the Copyright Act, basedon the provisions of Article 7III. Classification III: Works other than those of item I and item II(Attribution of copyrights)
Article 5
1. In principle, ownership of the copyrights for works classified as Classification I in the attachedtable 1 has been transferred to the Institute free of charge, irrespective of whether they aredomestic or foreign.
2. Copyrights for works created by an employee of the Institute or a person equivalent to anemployee of the Institute who has been temporarily loaned or dispatched from another juridical
person, etc. (hereinafter referred to as the “Employee, etc.”) will either attribute to the Institute or
their ownership will be transferred free of charge, and the Employee, etc. will not exercise therights stipulated in Article 18, Article 19, and Article 20 of the Copyright Act (hereinafter referredto as the “Moral Rights of the Author”) against the Institute or parties designated by the Institute.
3. In the event that the provisions of Article 5.1 and Article 5.2 cannot be applied because of
special circumstances, the author will inform the Institute of that fact at the time of submission,
posting, or contribution of the relevant work. Handling of copyrights in such a case will be
stipulated based on discussions between the author and the Institute.
(Transfer of ownership of copyrights)
Article 6
1. The Institute will ask authors (excluding the Employees, etc. of the Institute; hereinafter thesame in Article 6 through Article 11) of works classified as Classification 1 of the attached table 1
to transfer ownership of copyrights.
2. Transfer of ownership of a copyright from an author to the Institute will be established in adocument that states the fact of transfer of ownership of the copyright to the Institute, at the time
when the prescribed matters have been stated, the author has signed it, and the Institute hasreceived it; provided, however, that in the event that the author agreed to the Institute’s
copyright regulations, or in the event that the relevant work or its reproduction was submitted tothe Institute with no other indication of intention, it will be deemed that ownership of the relevant
copyright was transferred to the Institute.
3. In the event that the work that is subject to ownership transfer is an edited work, whentransferring ownership of the copyright to the Institute the author of the edited work must confirm
in advance that the Institute’s actions after the Institute becomes the copyright holder for therelevant work will not infringe copyrights for the original work.
4. In the event that the work that is subject to ownership transfer is a joint work, each of the authorsof the joint work will conduct discussions and thereby stipulate a representative, and in the eventthat that person received application of Article 6.2 and Article 6.3 as an author, it will be deemedthat the other authors agreed to transfer of ownership of the copyright.
5. In the event that it is possible to confirm that the author is a person who will conduct proceduresthat are means that use a telecommunications line such as the Internet, the “document,” “sign,”
and “receive” of Article 6.2 will include things that are equivalent to “document,” “sign,” and“receive” in those means.
6. In the event that a work for which the Institute has already received the document fortransferring ownership of a copyright that is stated in Article 6.2 has been deemed inappropriate
for posting in something such as an academic journal published by the Institute, it will bedeemed that the copyright for that work that the Institute possesses was returned to the author
at that time.
7. In accordance with a request by an author of a work that is classified as Classification II in theattached table 1, the Institute can receive transfer of ownership of the copyright for that work. In
such a case, the provisions of Article 6.2 through Article 6.6 will apply accordingly.
8. In the event that the author and the copyright holder differ, the “author” under Article 6.1 throughArticle 6.7 will be replaced by and read as the “copyright holder.”(License for use)
Article 7
1. The Institute will ask the author of a work classified as Classification II in the attached table 1 fora free license for that work for actions that will be subject to the rights stipulated in Article 21
through Article 28 of the Copyright Act.
2. In the event that the author agreed to the Institute’s copyright regulations, or in the event that therelevant work or its reproduction was submitted to the Institute with no other indication ofintention, it will be deemed that the license of Article 7.1 was licensed to the Institute for therelevant work.
3. The provisions of Article 6.3 and Article 6.4 will apply correspondingly for the license of Article
7.2.
4. In the event that the author and the copyright holder differ, the “author” under Article 7.1 throughArticle 7.3 will be replaced by and read as the “copyright holder.”(Exemption from application)
Article 7-2
In the event that there was approval by an academic department council or a production technology
department council, it will be possible to make individual stipulations about division, attribution, andlicensing of copyrights for specific works, irrespective of the stipulations of Article 4 through Article
7.
(Restriction of the Moral Rights of the Author)
Article 8
1. In the event that the author and the copyright holder are the same and the copyright has
become something that will attribute to the Institute based on the provisions of Article 6.2, or in
the event that the Institute was given a license for use under the provisions of Article 7.2, it will
be deemed that the author consented to the Institute or a party licensed by the Instituteconducting the actions below that will be subject to the Moral Rights of the Author.
I.
Actions of making public a work that had not been made public, or its derivativework (Article 18 of the Copyright Act)II.
Actions of disclosing or not disclosing the author’s name when making a work
public (Article 19 of the Copyright Act)III.
Actions of distorting, mutilating, or otherwise modifying a work (including its title)(Article 20 of the Copyright Act)
2. In a case that falls under Article 6.8, before transferring ownership of the copyright to theInstitute the copyright holder must obtain consent from the author with regard to the fact that theauthor will not exercise the Moral Rights of the Author.
3. In a case that falls under Article 7.4, before licensing use to the Institute the copyright holder
must obtain consent from the author with regard to the fact that the author will not exercise theMoral Rights of the Author.
(The author’s agreement)
Article 9
1. The Institute will explain the content of these regulations to the author and obtain consent withregard to the handling of copyrights between the Institute and the author.
2. In the event that the author and the copyright holder differ, the “author” under Article 9.1 will bereplaced by and read as the “copyright holder.”(Use of copyrights)

Article 10
1. Irrespective of the provisions of Article 30 of the Copyright Act, in the event that an author willuse, for his or her own personal purpose of use, all or a portion of something for which theInstitute possesses the copyright (limited to things that have been made public; hereinafter inthis article the same), a license by the Institute will not be required.
2. In the event that the Institute has been transferred ownership of a copyright based on theprovisions of Article 6.2, if a party other than the Institute will use that work, it must make awritten application to the Institute in advance and in accordance with the criteria of the attachedtable 2 and obtain a license from the Institute; provided, however, that that application fulfills
both of the items below.
I. It is an application for use after publication.
II. Its use is within a scope that does not unjustly harm the Institute’s profits.
3. Irrespective of the previous clause, in the event that a work of the Institute that specifies themanner of reuse, such as CC licensing, is reused in accordance with what is specified, anapplication to the Institute is not necessary.
4. In the event that a party other than the Institute will use a work that falls under Classification II of
the attached table 1, a license from the Institute will not be required, on the premise that thatparty obtains a license from the author and the copyright holder.
5. In the event that it is possible to identify a person who will conduct procedures that are meansthat use a telecommunications line such as the Internet, the “document” of Article 10.2 will
include things that are equivalent to a “document” in those means.
6. A person who will use a work of Article 10.1 through Article 10.4 must clearly indicate its source.
7. The Institute can request suitable consideration from a person or juridical person to which theInstitute licensed use according to the provisions of Article 10.2.
(The author’s responsibilities)
Article 11
1. An author who falls under one of the items below will bear liability him or herself for intellectual
property laws such as the Copyright Act and the Patent Act and other laws for the content ofportions in which the author was involved in creation for a work for which the Institute possesses
the copyright.
I.
An author who transferred ownership of a copyright to the Institute according to theprovisions of Article 6.2 through Article 6.4
II.
An author who licensed use of a work to the Institute according to the provisions ofArticle 7.2 and Article 7.3
2. In the event that the transfer of ownership of a copyright or a right of reproduction to the Instituteor the relevant work for which a copyright was licensed caused a lawsuit to be filed based on aclaim of infringement of another party’s copyright or caused a dispute to arise in relation to that
infringement, or in the event that a dispute arose based on a claim of damage to anotherperson’s honor, the author stipulated in one of the items of the previous clause will bear legal
liability for the portions in which that author was involved in creation, and will handle that lawsuit
or dispute.
3. In the event that the author and the copyright holder differ, the “author” under Article 11.1 andArticle 11.2 will be replaced by and read as the “copyright holder.”(Other)
Article 12Matters related to intellectual property rights that are not stipulated in these regulations will comply
with individual laws for intellectual property rights, such as the “Copyright Act” and the “Patent Act.”
Supplementary provisions
Article 1
Copyrights in these regulations include the rights below under the Copyright Act of Japan.
I.
Article 21 of the Copyright Act (Right of reproduction)
The right to reproduce a work; Reproduction refers to tangibly remaking something
through a printed material, photograph, copy, recording, video, or other methods, andit includes recordings and videos of performances and broadcasting, andconstruction according to construction work drawings.
II.
Article 22 of the Copyright Act (Right of performance)
The right to perform a work for the purpose of having it be directly seen or heard by
the public (hereinafter referred to as “to the public”); “Performance” includes
replaying a work by sound or visual recordings, and conveying it bytelecommunication equipment.
III.
Article 22-2 of the Copyright Act (Right of screen presentation)
The right to make a screen presentation of a work to the public; Screen presentationrefers to projecting a work onto a projection screen or other structure, and includes
replaying sounds that have been fixed in the work in association with that screenpresentation.
IV.
Article 23 of the Copyright Act (Rights of public transmission, etc.)
The right to publicly transmit a work, and the right to convey to the public, by using a
receiving device, a work that has been publicly transmitted
V.
Article 24 of the Copyright Act (Right of recitation)
The right to recite a work to the public; “Recitation” includes replaying the relevant
recording or video, and transmitting it through telecommunication equipment.
VI.
Article 25 of the Copyright Act (Right of exhibition)
The right to publicly exhibit an art work or a photographic work that has not yet been
published, by using the relevant work’s original work; The right to broadcast on
television an original work that is being exhibited will be under Article 23. It will not
amount to the right of exhibition if a reproduction of an art work will be exhibited. The
right of exhibition will not be allowed for a photograph that has been published. (Thisis because it is difficult to distinguish between the original work and a copy.)
VII.
Article 26 of the Copyright Act (Rights of distribution)
The right to distribute a cinematographic work through its reproduction, and the rightto distribute a work (music or art) that has been reproduced in a cinematographic
work through a reproduction of that cinematographic work
“Distribution” refers to transferring or renting a reproduction to the public,
irrespective of whether it is for a fee or free of charge, and for a cinematographic
work or a work that has been reproduced in a cinematographic work it also includes
transferring or renting that cinematographic work for the purpose of presenting therelevant work to the public. Rights of distribution will not be exhausted. Accordingly,
the copyright holder (the cinematographic production company) will possess rights

for subsequent distribution, even for a work for which distribution was onceconducted.
VIII. Article 26-2 of the Copyright Act (Right of ownership transfer)
The right to provide to the public a work other than a cinematographic work, bytransferring ownership of the original work or its reproduction; The right of ownershiptransfer will extend only to the initial ownership transfer (it will be exhausted), andsubsequent transfers after a lawful transfer of ownership can be done freely;
provided, however, that even in a case in which a subsequent transfer was made forsomething for which ownership was transferred unlawfully, it will not amount to a rightof ownership transfer if it was in good faith and faultless (there will be noinfringement).
IX.
Article 26-3 of the Copyright Act (Right of rental)
The right to provide to the public a work other than a cinematographic work, byrenting its reproduction
X.
Article 27 of the Copyright Act (Rights of translation, adaptation, etc.)
Rights to translate, arrange musically, transform, dramatize, cinematize, or otherwise
adapt a work
XI.
Article 28 of the Copyright Act (Right of the original author in the exploitation of a derivativework)
When using a derivative work, the author of the original work of that derivative work
will have exclusive possession of the same rights as those possessed by the authorof that derivative work.
Article 2
Formulation or revision of these regulations will receive approval by the board of directors.
Article 3
These regulations will go into effect on August 1, 2012.
(On July 6, 2021, the board of directors agreed to make a partial revision, which came into effectimmediately.)(Attached table 1)
Classific Numatio bernName of work

1 Academic journals (ISIJ International and Tetsu-to-Hagané
2 Bulletins (Ferrum)
3 Reports of the ISIJ Meeting (CAMP-ISIJ)
4 Memorial Seminar texts
5 Proceedings and abstracts of international conference
6 Handbooks
Ⅰ
7 Manuals
8 Library of Iron- and Steel-making Technologies
9 History of Iron- and Steel-making Technology in Japan
10 Homepage contents
11 Works according as items 1–10 above
12 Electronic media containing works above
13 Symposium texts14 Open reports of Research Groups
15 Open reports of Technical Subcommittees
Ⅱ 16 Open ducuments of Interdisciplinary Technical Committees
17 Open reports of Interdisciplinary Technical Committees
18 Works according as items 13–17 above
19 Electronic media containing works above
Ⅲ 20 Works other than items 1–19 above

Copyrightholder

Use by theInstituteThe InstitutePossible ascopyright holder

Author(s)Possible due todeemed lisencetransfer fromAuthor(s)Not possible

（Attached table 2）

Application Criteria for Use of Works for which the Institute Possesses the Copyrights◆ Premises ① It is use after publication. （Article 10.2.1 of the regulations）② It is use within a scope that does not unjustly harm the Institute's profits. （Article 10.2.2 of the regulations）③ The source will be clearly indicated. （Article 10.6 of the regulations）◆ Exclusion of application① Application is not required if the purpose is private use. （Article 10.1 of the regulations）② If the manner of reuse is specified, such as CC licensing, and the reuse is in accordance with what is specified, there is noneed to make an application.（Article 10.3 of the regulations）* The work for which the Institute will grant a license has received a license for actions related to the moral rights of the author. （Article 8.1 of the regulations）

ExampleClassific
ation ofProfitability
attached
table 1Applicant

１２Author

Subject

Media used

Server's upload information
Electronic media, such as CD-ROM
Diagram,formula, or a
portion of text
Something other than the above

３４

Non-profit

AllⅠ

５

Organization towhich theauthor belongs

６

Party other thanthe above
For profit

７８ⅡAllAll

Passage of one
year afterpublication

Whether or not applicationis required
Required：●、Notrequired：-Both before andafter●Before● *1

After- *2

Both before andafter● *1

Same as the case of an author
Irrespective ofwhether it is aportion or allAll

Both before andafterNot required, on the premise that a license will be obtained from the author, and from other copyrightholders if they exist●●-* 1: Application is not required if the place of use is a Institute publication.
* 2: Application will be retroactive to also include works for which the Institute was transferred copyrights before these regulations went into effect, andapplication is not required.