Regulations on Compensation for Public
Transmission for Educational Purposes
Approved on December 18, 2020Society for the Administration of Remuneration for Public
Transmission for School Lessons (SARTRAS)

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(Purpose)
Article 1
These Regulations intended for the Society for the Administration of
Remuneration for Public Transmission for School Lessons (hereinafter referred to as“the SARTRAS”) to define a compensation stipulated in Article 35, paragraph 2 of the
Copyright Act (Act No. 48 of 1970; hereinafter referred to as “the Act”) (including acase where the provisions are applied mutatis mutandis to Article 102, paragraph 1 of
the Act) based on the provisions in Article 104-13, paragraph 1 of the Act, whileconsidering publicness and variety of educational institutions including schools andimpartial exploitation of rights concerning works, performances, records, broadcasts
and wired broadcasts (hereinafter referred to as “works, etc.”).
(Definition)
Article 2
In these Regulations, meaning of terms presented in the following items aredefined by the respective items:(1) “Public transmission for educational purposes” refers to public transmission
performed as per the provisions in Article 35, paragraph 1 of the Act (including acase where the provisions are applied mutatis mutandis to Article 102, paragraph 1of the Act) (except public transmission stipulated in Article 35, paragraph 3).
(2) “Educational institution” refers to an educational institution stipulated in Article 35,
paragraph 1 of the Act. Examples of educational institutions are: “a kindergarten”,“an elementary school”, “a junior high school”, “a compulsory education school”, “asenior high school”, “a six-year secondary school”, “a technical college”, “auniversity”, “a special education school”, “a specialized training college”, “atechnical school”, “a nursery”, a kindergarten cooperation type certified childinstitution”, “an after-school children’s club”, “a ministerial university”, “avocational ability development facility”, “a social educational facility”, and “aneducation center”.
(3) “Establisher” refers to a person that has established an educational institution.
(4) “Fiscal year” refers to a period from April 1 in each year to March 31 in the next year.
(5) “Person subject to compensation calculation” refers to a person scheduled to receive
public transmission for educational purposes in a fiscal year in which a compensation
is to be paid among the students in an educational institution that performs public
transmission for educational purposes.
(6) “Kindergarten”, “elementary school”, junior high school”, “compulsory education
school”, “senior high school”, “six-year secondary school”, “technical college”, and“university” refer to the schools stipulated in Article 1 of the School Education Act,3

respectively.
(7) “Special education school” refers to a special education school refers to a special
education school stipulated in Article 1 of the School Education Act. “Special needs
class” refers to a special needs class stipulated in Article 81, paragraph 2 of the Act.
(8) “Specialized training college” refers to a specialized training college stipulated in
Article 124 of the School Education Act. “Technical school” refers to a technicalschool stipulated in Article 134 of the Act.
(9) “Nursery” refers to a facility stipulated in Article 39 of the Child Welfare Act.
(10) “Kindergarten cooperation type certified child institution” refers to a facility
stipulated in Article 39-2 of the Child Welfare Act.
(11) “After-school children’s club” refers to a facility involved in the after-school childsound upbringing business stipulated in Article 6-3, paragraph 2 of the Child WelfareAct.
(12) “Ministerial university” refers to an educational institution established by theGovernment or a local public entity or established by an establisher specified by laws
and regulations, based on the laws and regulations, that performs professional
education at which the educational institution aims, including the National Defense
Academy, the National Tax College and the National Fisheries University.
(13) “Vocational ability development facility” refers to an educational facility establishedby the Government or a local public entity or established by an establisher specified
by laws and regulations, based on the laws and regulations, that aims to performs
vocational education, including a comprehensive vocational capability development
university, a vocational capability development university, a vocational capability
development college, a vocational capability development school, a vocational
capability development center for people with disabilities and a vocational capability
development center.
(14) “Social educational facility” refers to an educational institution established by theGovernment or a local public entity, or established by an establisher specified bylaws and regulations, based on the laws and regulations, that performs social
education, including a public hall, a museum, an art museum, a library, a youth centerand a lifelong learning center.
(15) “Education center” refers to a facility that wholly offers educational personnel anopportunity to receive training based on Article 21 of the Special Act for Education
Personnel.
(16) “Correspondence educational institution” refers to an institution aiming to perform
education as stipulated in Article 54, paragraph 1, Article 84, Article 108, paragraph4

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the Open University of Japan.
(17) “Open lecture” refers to an open lecture in a university stipulated in Article 107 of
the School Education Act.
(18) “Short course for license renewal” refers to a short course concerning renewal of ateaching license that is held by a university stipulated in Article 9-3 of the Education
Personnel Certification Act or a person specified in an ordinance of the Ministry of
Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, based on an approval of the
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
(19) “Course certification program” refers to a special course stipulated in Act 105 of the
School Education Act (applied mutatis mutandis to Article 123, Article 133, andArticle 179 of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the School Education Act).
(20) “Credited auditor” refers to a person taking one or more class subjects other than astudent of the university, as stipulated in Article 31 of the Standards for
Establishment of Universities.
(21) “Student subject to compensation calculation, etc.” refers to, among the students ofa course certification program or credited auditors, a person scheduled to receive
public transmission for teaching purposes within the fiscal year in which acompensation is to be paid. A person subject to compensation calculation is excluded.
2 Unless otherwise provided for in the Regulations, terms in the Regulations shall be
used in the same meaning as in laws.
(Amount of compensation irrespective of the count of public transmission for teaching
purposes)
Article 3 The amount of a compensation paid by the establisher of an educational
institution performing public transmission for teaching purposes shall be an amountobtained by multiplying, for each fiscal year, the compensation per person (annual
amount) by the total number of persons subject to compensation calculation in the
educational institution in accordance of the kind specified in the following table,
irrespective of the type of the work subject to public transmission for teaching
purposes and the count of public transmission for teaching purposes.
KindAmount of compensation per person (annual amount)

Kindergarten

60 yenElementary school

120 yenJunior high school

180 yen5Compulsory education school

1st-6th grade

120 yen

7th-9th grade

180 yen

Senior high school

Six-year secondary school

Technical college

420 yenNon-degree course for graduates

720 yen

1st -3rd grade

180 yen

4th-6th grade

420 yenNon-degree course for graduates

720 yen

1st-3rd grade

420 yen

4th -5th grade

720 yenNon-degree course for graduates

720 yen

University
Special education school

Specialized training college

720 yen
Kindergarten section

30 yenElementary school section

60 yenJunior high school section

90 yenSenior high school section

210 yenNon-degree course for graduates

360 yenHigher course

420 yenSpecialized course

720 yenIn the General course:

Technical school

Person subject to compensation calculation who receives an
education equivalent to that of a kindergarten

60 yenPerson subject to compensation calculation who receives an
education equivalent to that of an elementary school

120 yen

Person subject to compensation calculation who receives an
education equivalent to that of a junior high school education

180 yen

Person subject to compensation calculation who receives an
education equivalent to that of a senior high school education

420 yen

Person subject to compensation calculation who receives an
education equivalent to that of a university

720 yen

Person subject to compensation calculation who receives an
education equivalent to that of a kindergarten

60 yenPerson subject to compensation calculation who receives an
education equivalent to that of an elementary school

120 yen

Person subject to compensation calculation who receives an
education equivalent to that of a junior high school education

180 yen

Person subject to compensation calculation who receives an
education equivalent to that of a senior high school education

420 yen

Person subject to compensation calculation who receives an
education equivalent to that of a university

720 yenNursery

60 yenKindergarten cooperation type60 yen6certified child institution
After-school children’s club

60 yenMinisterial university

720 yenVocational ability development
facility

Person subject to compensation calculation who receives an
education equivalent to that of a senior high school education

420 yen

Person subject to compensation calculation who receives an
education equivalent to that of a university

720 yen(1) The total number of persons subject to compensation calculation shall be calculated
based on the number of students in the educational institution to which the persons
subject to compensation calculation belongs on the first day of May in the pertinent
fiscal year.
(2) When an establisher has established more than one educational institution, acompensation shall be calculated for each educational institution and the amounts
shall be summed up to obtain the total amount.
(3) The amount of compensation assumed in the case where public transmission forteaching purposes is started in the middle of a fiscal year shall be an amountobtained by multiplying, the number of remaining months, the pertinent
compensation amount (annual annual amount) in the above table divided by 12, by
the number of the remaining months of that fiscal year including the month towhich the day when the public transmission for teaching purposes started belongs,
the total number of persons subject to compensation calculation in the educational
institution.
(4) The amount of compensation assumed in the case where, concerning persons
subject to compensation calculation or students subject to compensation
calculation, etc., the predetermined enrollment period defined by the establisher ofan educational institution is less than one year from its beginning to the end
including regular suspension period in summer, winter and spring in the fiscal year
in which a compensation is to be paid, may be an amount obtained by multiplying,
the pertinent compensation amount in the table in paragraph 1 of this Article
divided by 12, by the number of the months corresponding to the enrollment period.
The amount of compensation assumed when the enrollment period is less than one
month may be a compensation amount calculated as per the provisions inparagraph 2 of this Article.
(5) In the case where there is a period exceeding one month, other than regularsuspension periods in summer, winter or spring, in which no public transmissions

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for teaching purposes subject to compensation payment were performed due to adisaster or unavoidable circumstances after the compensation defined in this
Article, when the establisher of an educational institution has submitted adocument including the content specified by the SARTRAS and approved by the
SARTRAS, a payment corresponding to the number of months in which no public
transmissions for teaching purposes were performed shall be returned.
(6) The compensation amount (annual amount) per person by which the total numberof the persons in a special needs class subject to compensation calculation is to be
multiplied shall read the 50% amount of that stipulated in Article, paragraph 1.
2 In the case where public transmission for teaching purposes is performed in an open
lecture or a short course for renewal, or in a class held by a social educational facilityor an education center, the establisher shall pay separately an amount obtained bymultiplying 300 yen by the number of classes held from April 1 to September 30 (inthe first half) and from October 1 to March 31 of the next year (in the second half),
irrespective of the type of a work subject to public transmission for teaching
purposes or the count of the public transmission for teaching purposes, on top of thepayment of a compensation pursuant to the provisions in in paragraph 1 of this
Article.
(1) The number of classes refers to a number obtained by dividing the total number ofstudents of a lecture or a short course in which public transmission for teaching
purposes is performed in the first half or second half period (the number obtained bymultiplying the fixed number per session of a lecture of a short course held in eachterm by the number of lectures or short courses to calculate a total fixed number, andsumming up the results) by 30 (a remainder, if any, shall be added as one class).
(2) The number of classes per term shall be calculated based on the number of thenumber on May 1 (first half) or that on November 1 (second half).
(3) Among the classes defined in this paragraph, the compensation amount assumed
when only a period is fixed without the count being fixed shall be calculated byapplying the provisions in paragraph 1 of this Article, irrespective of this paragraph.
(Compensation amount not pursuant to the preceding Article)
Article 4 Irrespective of the preceding article, ever time public transmission forteaching purposes is performed in an educational institution, when the establisher ofthe educational institution pays a compensation, the compensation shall be anindividual amount obtained by summing up 10 yen per (a) work, (b) voice or video

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via performance, (c) voice immobilized on a record, (d) voice or video via broadcast,and (e) voice or video via wired broadcast, and multiplying the total amount by the
total number of students, etc. that have received the public transmission for
educational purposes. An establisher wishing to meet the application of provisions inthis Article must calculate the count of public transmission for educational purposes
performed in the educational institution in each of a period from April 1 to
September 30 (first half) and a period from October 1 to March 31 in the next year
(second half), and submit information that will be helpful for proper requests anddistribution of a compensation pursuant to this Article including the information on awork exploited in each session of transmission and the total number students, via aform and a method specified by the SARTRAS, by the deadline specified by the
SARTRAS.
2 An individual compensation assumed when wishing to meet the the application ofprovisions in this Article in a case where more than one work is exploited in a classvideo shall be an amount obtained by calculating an amount per each of the works
exploited in the video and summing up the resulting amounts as per the preceding
paragraph.
(Miscellaneous)
Article 5 In the case where public transmission for teaching purposes is performed ina remote class held between different educational institutions and when theestablisher of an educational institution as a sending party or that of an educational
institution as a receiving party has paid the compensation for the educational
institution defined in paragraph 1 of Article 3, the remote class shall be permitted tobe held. When neither establisher has paid the compensation, the establisher of either
educational institution shall pay the amount calculated as per Article 3 based on thenumber of persons subject to compensation calculation in the receiving party or theamount calculated as per Article 4 based on negotiations between the sending party
and the receiving party.
2 In the case where an educational institution is located in an area where its sustention
is difficult due to a decrease in population, etc. and when the provisions in paragraph
1 or 2 of Article 3 are applied, the amount equal to 50% of a calculated amount shallbe paid by the educational institution.
3 In the case where public transmission for teaching purposes is performed in acorrespondence educational institution and when the provisions in Article 3 areapplied, the compensation amount (annual amount) per person by which the total

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number of the persons subject to compensation calculation is multiplied shall be an
amount equal to 50% of the amount defined in paragraph 1 of Article 3.
4 In the case where public transmission for teaching purposes is performed to students
of a course certification program or credited auditors and when the provisions inparagraph 1 of Article 3 are applied, the compensation amount (annual amount) perperson by which the total number of the persons subject to compensation calculation
is multiplied shall be an amount equal to 50% of the amount defined in paragraph 1
of Article 3.
5 The amount of compensation assumed in the case where there are special
circumstances in which it is difficult to apply Article 2 through paragraph 4 of this
Article of the Regulations due to the state of an educational institution or exploitation
practices of works, or in the case where such circumstances have suffered a greatchange, shall be determined by the SARTRAS within the Regulations based onnegotiations with the establisher of the educational institution.
6 The compensation amount defined in the Regulations is subject to an amount ofconsumption tax, etc. stipulated in the Consumption Tax Act (Act No. 108 of 1988)
or the Local Tax Act (Act No. 226 of 1950).
Supplementary provisions
1 The regulations will be enforced on April 1, 2021.
2 The SARTRAS shall examine the Regulations every time three years have passed since
the enforcement date of the Regulations, in consideration of the situation following theenforcement, take necessary measures based on.

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