(9 Apr 2025) The Japan Academic Association for Copyright Clearance (JAC), in collaboration with RightsDirect Japan, a subsidiary of CCC (Copyright Clearance Center), today announced the availability of artificial intelligence (AI) re-use rights within the Digital Copyright License (DCL), an enterprise-wide content licensing solution offering rights from millions of works to businesses.
The JAC DCL enables companies with headquarters in Japan to share and store content internally within their organizations and simplifies efforts to comply with copyright laws, providing rights not normally included in subscription agreements across a wide range of publishers, academic societies, and other copyright holders around the world covering works published in English, Japanese, and many other languages.
The inclusion of AI re-use rights makes the JAC DCL the leading collective licensing solution for the internal use of copyrighted materials in AI systems for companies headquartered in Japan. The license provides companies with an efficient way to legally acquire the rights to use copyrighted materials within AI systems for internal uses.
JAC manages and administers copyrights on behalf of academic organizations and, through bilateral agreements, foreign countries as a member of the International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organizations (IFRRO).
The press release in full is here.
