Gavin Baker at Open Access News is reporting that Japan’s National Diet Library is planning to digitize its collections. The effort was made possible by recent changes in Japan’s copyright law. From the article:
But the National Diet Library has to negotiate with copyright holders and publishing houses on the extent to which the digitized titles should be made available. The publishing industry fears that if the titles go online, the industry will suffer. As the Diet library director Mr. Makoto Nagao said, the library and the publishing industry should create a system that will enable their coexistence and co-prosperity, and contribute to enhancing Japan’s cultural level.
