Japan’s anti-monopoly watchdog raids collecting society
28 April 2008
Peter Ollier, Hong Kong
The Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) has searched the offices of the country’s largest music licensing society on suspicion that the organization is abusing a dominant position in the market
Satoshi Watanabe, manager of the international relations department at the Japan Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers (Jasrac), confirmed that the JFTC is investigating claims that Jasrac is effectively preventing the entry of other organizations into the market by signing blanket licensing agreements with TV channels and radio...
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