<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi Earl,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I can't speak to how fair use is handled in Taiwan, but if you are aiming to publish in Japan it can be very difficult to argue for this. Everybody simply bows to the rights holders and their lobbyists.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If you search the KineJapan archive for messages from me, you'll find two lengthy threads on this topic, with suggestions from Aaron and Markus on dealing with Japanese publishers.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">You might want to consider shopping for a different publisher that simply recognizes the phrase "fair use", or else hire somebody to deal with Shochiku and Toho.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Good luck,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">Mark Roberts</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">Research Fellow, UTCP</div><div class=""><a href="http://utcp.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp/members/data/mark_roberts/index_en.php" class="">http://utcp.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp/members/data/mark_roberts/index_en.php</a></div></div></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jun 8, 2016, at 6:47 AM, Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan <<a href="mailto:kinejapan@lists.osu.edu" class="">kinejapan@lists.osu.edu</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Dear Everyone,<div class="">I am writing an essay on Japanese War films. The editor tells me I must get explicitly stated permission for every screen-grab still I include. All of the films are at least 61 years old. Most are Shochiku and some are Toho. I would deeply appreciate any advice on how I go about this, or on how to make a convincing case that including such stills are protected by Fair Use considerations.</div><div class="">thank you.</div><div class="">best</div><div class="">ej<br clear="all" class=""><div class=""><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small" class="">Earl Jackson</div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small" class=""><div class="">Professor</div><div class="">National Chiao Tung University</div></div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small" class="">Associate Professor, Emeritus</div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small" class="">University of California, Santa Cruz</div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small" class="">Co-Director<br class=""></div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small" class="">Trans-Asia Screen Cultures Institute</div></div></div></div>
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