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The copyright system is aimed at specifying and protecting the rights of authors of printed materials, performances, phonograms, broadcasting programs and others, and at helping people properly enjoys these cultural products of mankind. The system provides an important basis for the nation's creative cultural activities,
The Agency for Cultural Affairs has been endeavoring to take legislative and other measures to update the copyright system on the basis of the deliberations by the Copyright Council. With regard to the legal protection of the right of publishers against the growing, use of photocopies of publications, in June 1990 the Council published a report in which it recommended that publishers be given the right to claim remuneration from the users of photocopies of their publications. The Council is now considering copyright issues arising from the emergence and spread of private recording, video tape recording and other ways of using literary, music and other works.
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