“An Electronic Book and Literary Property” _________________________ by Akira

  Yesterday, I took part in the seminar, which is hold by Gakushuin University and is named “An Electronic Book and Literary Property”. The seminar isn’t academic thing, which study the constitutional meaning of literary property. ( By the way, however I don’t know whether it was the reason; there were few students of faculty of law. )    However digressed from the main subject, originally the “literary property” was made and enforced any enterprises or governments not   to restrict any individual arts, and technologies, other cultural activities. Such a historical background also shows it, literary property has a “positive” character. That is to say, it is more primary that literary property is the bases for anyone to be secured. However, in reality they do it as professions, it is said that it is too difficult to continue the creative activity for them unless any companies, corporations or others don’t be bought their literary property. So recently you know that literary property is mostly used in order to monopolize the literary property. But, what happen if a profit margin was narrow? For instance, so far any data of letters had been supplied in book form to us, so the processes, “print”, ”bookbinding”, ”conveyance” needed to elapse. Inevitably, some charges occur. But, if these data is replaced with electronic data, all of these processes are omissible. So if the system permeates, it is said that data can be supplied more 50% inexpensive than former. Inevitably the unemployed increase in number because of this, however it is “nonsense” not to be used electronic book, which is useful technology. Let us resist pressing on with such an activity in Japan.

Thank you.

Akira