August 27, 2021 Seminars with Free Legal Consultations on Guidelines for Regulation on Transaction of produced Broadcast Content

The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) will hold seminars with free legal consultations on the Guidelines for Regulation on Transaction of produced Broadcast Content for those involved in the production transactions of broadcasting content between broadcasters and program production companies.

1. Background

MIC has taken necessary measures, including the formulation and revision of the Guidelines for Regulation on Transaction of produced Broadcast Content (hereafter referred to as the “Guidelines”) from the perspective of promoting the production and distribution of high-quality and attractive broadcast content, and is promoting related initiatives.
As a part of this effort, MIC has decided to continue holding a set of seminars with free legal consultations on the Guidelines for Regulation on Transaction of produced Broadcast Content for those involved in the production transactions of broadcasting content between broadcasters and program production companies^*1, as MIC did in fiscal 2020.

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  Covering the transactions of broadcasting content between broadcasters and program production companies, between program production companies and other program production companies, between program production companies and freelancers.

2. Event information

1. Name

Seminars with Free Legal Consultations on Guidelines for Regulation on Transaction of produced Broadcast Content

2. Overview

The seminars will be held on interpreting laws and regulations related to the production of broadcast content. The lawyer in charge will use case examples in the seminars to explain the points that businesses must comply with from the perspective of the Subcontract Act^*2 and the Antimonopoly Act.
In addition, free individual legal consultations^*3 with lawyers will be held 30 minutes before and after each seminar. Feel free to use this service to check the interpretation of related laws and regulations individually or have any specific concerns or problems regarding production transactions.

• *2
  Act against Delay in Payment of Subcontract Proceeds, Etc. to Subcontractors (Act No. 120 of 1956)

• *3
  The maximum consultation time per case will be 30 minutes. The content of the consultation will be kept strictly confidential.

3. Schedule

• 1.
  Lecture on Legal Interpretation of Guidelines (Case Studies)

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  For broadcasters: Wednesday, September 29, Friday, October 22, and Tuesday, November 9

• 2.
  Lecture on Legal Interpretation of Guidelines (Case Studies)

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  For program production companies: Wednesday, October 6, Tuesday, November 2, and Tuesday, November 16

• 3.
  Lecture on Article 3 Document Delivery and Explanatory (for practitioners): Wednesday, October 13 and Wednesday, November 24(Wed)
• 4.
  Lecture on Basic Guidelines Course (Elementary): Tuesday, September 21, and Friday, October 29