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CISAC / JASRAC
Joint Press Conference
April 6, 2023 (Thursday) 13:00 – 14:15
Hotel New Otani, edoROOM

Please visit

Speaker

Björn Ulvaeus
CISAC President(c) Kristian Pohl for Zap PR

Björn Ulvaeus is a Swedish songwriter,
musician, singer, guitarist, producer and amember of the Swedish musical group ABBA.
Björn’s songs, co-written with his ABBA
partner and close friend Benny Andersson,
became some of the most famous hits of alltimes, selling more than 400 million records
all over the world. Björn was co-composer ofthe musicals Chess, Kristina från Duvemåla,and Mamma Mia!, and he co-produced thefilms Mamma Mia! and Mamma Mia! Here We
Go Again with Benny Andersson. Björn has
also been a longstanding tireless advocate forauthors’ rights. Together with Max Martin, helaunched “Music Rights Awareness” to help
creators around the globe better understandtheir rights. Björn also operates manysuccessful businesses.

Speaker

Gadi Oron

CISAC Director General

Gadi Oron has been Director General of CISAC, theInternational Confederation of Authors and Composers
Societies, since 2014. An entertainment and intellectual
property lawyer by training, Mr Oron has had leadingroles in different sectors of the music and creativeindustries. As head of CISAC, he oversees the activitiesof the world’s largest global network of authors societies,
covering more than 120 countries and representing 228
collective management organisations.

(c) Gilles DacquinAn expert in international copyright, e-commerce andadvocacy, Oron has represented the creative sector togovernments, legislators and international bodies. He is
Visiting Professor at Queen Mary, University of London,
where he teaches on copyright and the creativeindustries. He has been named by “Legal 500” as one ofthe leading lawyers in France and, in 2019, wasnominated by Variety Magazine as one of the top 26
Power Players in the international music industry.

Speaker

IZAWA Kazumasa
JASRAC President

Since joining JASRAC in April 1983, IZAWA
Kazumasa has served as Manager of Systems
Department and as Councilor of the Administrative
Bureau before being appointed as Director in 2016.
Taking the position of Managing Director in 2020, heoversaw the Documentation and Distribution Bureau
and was also responsible for information systems.
He has acted as manager of projects dealing withthe utilization of digital technology and thedevelopment of GDSDX (Global Digital Service DataExchange) and was appointed President of JASRAC
in June 2022.

Representatives from GDSDX Societies
Mark Thursday ALCISOFILSCAP General Manager

CHU Ga Yeoul

KOMCA Chairman

Yenny TSAIMÜST General Manager

Chico HINDARTOWAMI Chairman

Meidi FERIALDI

WAMI General Manager

DX Tool for Music Creators✔ Blockchain registration of musical works✔ Publication of Proof of Existence (PoE) page
✔ Online application for Copyright Trust Contract with JASRAC“Toward a world where every creator can takepart in the Creation Ecosystem”

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KENDRIX Current Challenges Faced by Creators
This is an age whereanyone can create music
and share it with theworld…
ARRANGED
withoutpermission!

USEDwithoutpermission!

OWNED BY
OTHERS withoutpermission!

But...this “ease” leads to various problems• Used without permission• Arranged without permission• Owned by others without permission

KENDRIX A Solution for Creators’ Concerns
Prevention of unauthorized useand spoofing(1) Audio fileregistration
Free service for everyone

CreatorTitle
Lyrics by:

Official launch:
October 31, 2022

Issuance of PoE of works via
blockchain technology

Composed by:(3) Submission of work
notification(2) Application for Copyright
Trust Contract

Distribution of royalties from worldwide use

Project undertaken by JASRAC to serve a purpose
common to trustors (overseas project)

GDSDX Usage Reports from Global Distribution Services
Titles of distributed content and how they are described vary by country.
Example: “Demon Slayer”
Japan

鬼滅の刃

Korea

China

ThailandPhilippines귀멸의 칼날鬼灭之刃ดาบพิฆาตอสูร

Demon Slayer

Asset ID: 123456789
ISRC: JP123456789
ISWC: T-0123456789

Effective to identify works using identifiers linked to works datasuch as YouTube Asset IDs, ISRCs, and ISWCs, as keys

GDSDX Conceptual Diagram
Online distributors (YouTube, Apple, Spotify, TikTok, etc.)

Common global distribution content ID
Collection ofroyalties

FILSCAP(Philippines)

KOMCA(Korea)

WAMI(Indonesia)MÜST(Taiwan)

JASRAC(Japan)Other societies*

Upload local society data, check/acquire data of sister societies

Share matched data of
distributed work IDs
and work codes

GDSDXシステム

CISAC
database

Launch scheduled for late May 2023

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