Japan Society on Water Environment
Journal Copyrights Regulations(TENTATIVE TRANSLATION; original is in Japanese)
Enacted on May 20, 2008
Revised on August 6, 2008
Revised on April 1, 2012
Revised on March 12, 2013
Revised on May 20, 2013
Revised on May 29, 2019
(Purpose)
Article 1 These regulations stipulate copyright attributions between authors and this Society inrelation to original papers, notes, comprehensive papers, technical reports, survey
reports, review papers, discussions, feature stories, etc., published in Journal of Japan
Society on Water Environment and Journal of Water and Environment Technology(hereafter referred to as JWET), which are the journals issued by this Society(hereafter referred to as “works”).
(Copyright Attributions)
Article 2 The copyrights in relation to works published in the journals (including the rightsthat are stipulated in Article 27 and Article 28 of the Copyright Act) shall be
attributed to this Society according to these regulations. The authors shall write downprescribed matters in the separately stipulated copyright transfer form, and shallsubmit the form at the time of submitting the works’ manuscripts. However, if thedecision is made that the contributed or posted works will not be published in thejournals, the corresponding copyright transfer forms shall become invalid. In cases
where it is difficult for a copyright to be attributed to this Society because of special
circumstances, the matter shall be handled upon request from the author and upon
consultation between the author and this Society.
2 In spite of the description in the previous paragraph, copyrights are attributed to theauthors for manuscripts submitted to JWET after July 1, 2019 and accepted for
publication afterward. For those manuscripts submitted before June 30, 2019 andaccepted for publication and to be published in a JWET issue after Issue 5 of Volume
17, the authors are to choose either to transfer copyrights to this Society or to
attribute the copyrights to the authors.
3 When the authors possess the copyright in paragraph 2, this Society shall contract
License to Publish with the authors and publish the manuscript.
(Authors’ Rights)
Article 3 The moral rights of the authors (the right to make works public, the right to indicate
the authors’ name, and the right to maintain integrity) shall be attributed to theauthors.
2 This Society shall not object to or impede uses of works whose copyrights areattributed to this Society by the authors themselves for educational, study, diffusion,and other non-profit purposes. Moreover, such uses shall be free of charge.
3 If the authors themselves wish to use the works whose copyrights are attributed tothis Society for profit, the authors shall make a request in advance to this Society andshall clearly describe the sources pertaining to this Society’s published materials in
the works or in the copies used. However, uses pertaining to Paragraph 4 and Article

35 of the Copyright Act (reproduction, etc., in schools and other educationalinstitutions) are permitted without requests to this Society.
4 The authors may publish their works (such as papers that have been publishedpreviously) on the authors’ personal websites (including websites of organizations
with which the authors are affiliated). However, when publishing, the authors shallclearly describe the sources pertaining to the journals of this Society.
(Authors’ Obligations)
Article 4 The authors shall be responsible for the contents of works published in the journalsof this Society. The authors shall obtain permission for reprinting from other parties’
published materials.
2 The authors shall assume all responsibilities in cases where the works published in
the materials issued by this Society cause infringement problems regarding
copyrights and other rights and interests of third parties.
(Non-Use Special Regulations)
Article 5 In cases where the following respective items are applicable, the authors shall not
exercise the moral rights of the authors against this Society or against those granted
permission from this Society.
(1) Alterations accompanied with technical problems related to electronic
distributions.
(2) Uses by extracting only abstracts.
(Permission for Uses by Third Parties)
Article 6 When third parties request permission to use works, for which the copyright is
attributed to the Society, this Society may deliberate in the Society’s editorialcommittee, and may grant such permissions as deemed appropriate by the committee.
In such cases, this Society shall promptly notify the authors of the summaries related
to uses of the works.
2 When third parties have paid considerations to this Society according to the measuresof the preceding paragraph, the considerations shall generally belong to this Society.
(Copyright Infringements and Dispute Settlements)
Article 7 In cases where there is an infringement (or alleged infringement) of copyrights ofworks whose copyrights are attributed to this Society, the author and this Society
shall consult together make efforts to resolve the matter.
2 In cases where a dispute pertaining to Paragraph 2 of Article 4 causes damage to thisSociety, the said author shall compensate this Society for such damages.
(Revision or Abolishment of the Regulations)
Article 8 In the case of revising or abolishing these regulations, such actions shall be carriedout after obtaining approval from the Board of Directors.
(Matters Necessary to Implement the Regulations)
Article 9 Matters necessary to implement these regulations shall be stipulated separately by
the President of this Society.
Supplementary Provision
These regulations shall come into effect as of May 29, 2019.