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著作権制度100周年 << 1999年(平成11年) 7月22日 >> 2-5-245

Centenary of Copyright System in Japan Issued on July 22, 1999 (Heisei 11)

Centenary of Copyright System in Japan Issued on July 22, 1999 (Heisei 11)
Japan joined the Berne Convention in 1899, and the copyright law came into force in the same year. Copyright is the right of the person who created the work. It is also the right to decide how the work will be used. The person who created it is called the author. The stamp is issued to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the enforcement of the Copyright Law, and is designed with a "copyright character".