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Niwango/Dwango pact with JASRAC for international music

Friday, April 30, 2010

Niwango, Japan's second-largest online video portal after YouTube, and parent company Dwango have reached an agreement with Japanese authors’ society JASRAC regarding the use of JASRAC-managed international repertoire.

The deal covers the use of non-Japanese material on Niwango’s “Nico Nico Douga” and “Smilevideo” video-sharing sites and is mainly designed to facilitate uploading of user-created videos in which users sing and perform JASRAC-managed foreign songs.

The actual signing date for the contract has yet to be announced.

The existing rights contract signed between Dwango/Niwango and JASRAC in April 2008 covers only Japanese music.
 




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Mobile Top 10

This chart lists Japan's 10 top-selling mobile singles for the week of June 29-July 5 based on "Chaku-Uta Full" mobile phone-based full-song download data supplied by MTI Ltd., Dwango Co., mu-mo, Recochoku Co. and Label Gate Co. to chart compiler the Recording Industry Association of Japan. The previous week's chart positions are shown in parentheses. "Chaku-uta Full" is a registered trademark of Sony Music Entertainment (Japan).

Click on the song titles for links to websites about the artists.

 

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