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NEWS: Avex Pictures Comments on Overseas BD, DVD, CD Shipment Restriction

Products which overseas distributions are prohibited by the publisher.

Avex is primarily a music company, and as such I think they might have very strict views of copyright laws when it comes to the music rights.

It's probably the case where they are following the strictest letter of JASRAC which effectively restricts any Japanese company selling anything with Japanese created music on it overseas directly, unless the Japanese company pays dues to every overseas music rights organization like ASCAP, etc. If Avex wasn't paying ASCAP and every other foreign music rights organizations (usually 1 per country), they are "technically" violating JASRAC's position on music rights, even if it's not AVEX themselves doing the exporting.

I have personal experience with Japanese lawyers saying that Japanese companies are not allowed to sell their own stuff overseas because of music rights issues.

Are you talking about a one-time annual dues payment from all of JASRAC to ASCAP, or is the amount tied to individual sales figures so overseas hits become costly and individual firms like Avex might have to bear more of the cost? You also suggest it's an all-or-nothing thing requiring payments to all the other performing-rights organizations in the world. Can't Avex pay ASCAP and sell into the US without having to pay other countries' organizations? If it's really all-or-nothing then I can see why no Japanese firm would be interested in selling overseas.

Your posting suggests this is a self-imposed requirement of JASRAC and not something required by ASCAP and the others. That seems like shooting oneself in the foot.

From my amateur observations, music rights are a dank, dark labyrinth compared to video rights.

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on a side note i see a bump in earnings for proxy service like samurai buyer and such, since avex is so stupid they didn't do what bandai did.

GarethXL wrote:

on a side note i see a bump in earnings for proxy service like samurai buyer and such, since avex is so stupid they didn't do what bandai did.

What did Bandai do?

though i doubt this will happen if the TPP didn't go up in smokes (thanks trump).

Due to availability for export of our product to overseas, we, Avex Pictures must clearly classify those products that can and cannot be sold overseas. WeDue to availability for export of our product to overseas, we, Avex Pictures must clearly classify those products that can and cannot be sold overseas.

Please understand that we can only surmise that the product you have indicated to us is not available for sale overseas due to the above.

GarethXL wrote:

though i doubt this will happen if the TPP didn't go up in smokes (thanks trump).

TPP was not all about trade. I thought that most people here on ANN were anti TPP, because of the negative effects it would have had on anime and doujinshi.

Yours is the first comment I have seen that was pro TPP.

Truth be told I'm only venting and I'm not sure weather N.A. got stiff on the agreement but as far as I know here in SEA and AUS/NZ region if it has gotten through both import and export tariff would have been lowered (note this info is base on available info from local news source, I've never got the chance to see the actual papers)

If you're a manufacturer that targets the domestic market or in the political/financial sector I could understand that the fear of losing market shares or the depreciation of your countries currency value ( ) due to the influx of cheaper and on par foreign products. Or if you're from other countries which isn't involved in the pact.

But other then that if you're a consumer like me which I believe majority of users that are on this site lower tariffs is always a good thing.