Journal of the Law and Computers Association of Japan

LAW AND COMPUTERS, ISSN:0289-0356

No.20(2002)-No.29(2011)


LAW AND COMPUTERS, No.29 July 2011

Special Issue: Juvenile Protection in a Network Society

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword, Toyohiro Nomura, 1
< Presentations from the 35th Law and Computers Association Conference >
< Research Reports >
Current Governmental Policy and Legal System regarding
Juvenile Protection in a Network Society, Fumio Shimpo, 3
Juvenile Protection in a Network Environment: Legal Responses to not "illegal" but "harmful" information, Masako Kamiya, 17
Censorship of Manga regarding "fictions juveniles" in the Municipal Ordinance of TOKYO, Yukari Fujimoto, 27
Current Status of Illegal and Harmful Information on the Internet, Seiji Yoshikawa, 45
Japanese Policies based on the "Act on the Development of the Internet Environment for Juveniles" and the "Basic Plan on Measures for Providing Safe and Secure Internet Use for Juveniles", Akihiro Honda, 55
"Contents Harmful to Juveniles" and Civil Liability, Toru Maruhashi, 65
How to apply juvenile protection laws to sexting, file sharing, and hyperlinks?, Toru Okumura, 83
Summary
Panel Discussion, Fumio Shimpo, 101
< Special Report >
Current Perspectives and Issues concerning Copyright Law -Has the Internet Changed the Paradigm of Copyright Law?, Masayuki Matsuda, 121
< Reports from Research Sub-Group >
The Technological Perspective on the Current Situation of Cloud Computing, Takashi Shitamichi, 145
Legal Risks of Cloud Computing Services -Considerations from Technical Aspect-, Toshihiko Hamano, 153
Current Status and Challenges of Electronic Publishing, in Japan Tohru Sampei, 161
< Book Review > 169
< Bibliography >
List of Computer Related Publications, 173

 

LAW AND COMPUTERS, No.28 July 2010

Special Issue: Legal Issues on Internet Search Services

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword,Toyohiro Nomura, 1
< Presentations at the 34th Law and Computers Association Conference >
Research Reports
Developments of Information Culture Revolution and Legal Issues on Internet Search Services, Yukio Ohno, 3
A multilateral commentary on the Internet Search Service, Naoya Bessho, 21
Study of cases in US and Europe regarding Search Services on the Internet, Shino Uenuma, 29
Duties and responsibilities of a search engine provide for its automatically collected illegal contents, Hideo Ogura, 39
A Commentary on the Amended Class Settlement proposal (November 13, 2008) of the Google Book Class Action Case, The Authors Guild, Inc. et al. v. Google Inc., (United States District Court, Southern District of New York):With Emphasis on the Google Book Search Model, Masayuki Matsuda, 53
Search Engines and the Right to Privacy: Protecting Privacy on the Internet Street-Level Mapping Technologies, Fumio Shimpo, 71
Legal issues in Search Service Business, Takashi Hirano, 79
Summary
Panel Discussion, Tsuneo Osawa, 85
< Contribution >
Database Storage of Biological Information and Privacy- Centering on Sand Marper v. United Kingdom, Kaori Ishii, 105
< Reports of Research Sub-Group>
Information Security Rating, Makoto Miyoshi, 114
The current status of Cloud Computing and the effort for privacy protection in Europe and United States, Takashi Shitamichi, 119
Commentaries on the Copyright Law Amendment of 2009 (Use of Contents and Copyrights on the Internet), Masayuki Matsuda, 127
< Book Review > 143
< Bibliography >
List of Computer Related Publication, 149

 

LAW AND COMMPUTERS, No.27 July 2009

Special Issue: Patent and high technology / Legal problem of electronic money

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Forward, Toyohiro Nomura, 1
< Presentations at the 33rd Law and Computers Association Conference >
Research Reports
Trends of Patent Applications in High Technology Field, Tomoko Sugano, 3
Open Source Innovation Models in Ag-Biotech, Konrad Sechley, 15
(Temporary translation), Takato Natsui, 25
Legal Issues on Patent System caused by Miss-identification of Herbal Plants and the Resolution by Database Systems, Takato Natsui, 33
Trend and Problems around "Electronic Payment" and "Electronic Clearing System", Yukio Ohno, 45
Regulatory Framework for Payment Systems, Yasufumi Takahashi, 55
Several Issues on Electronic Money and Payments, Shino Uenuma, 63
The Consumer Protection on the Electronic Money and Payment, Toyohiro Nomura,75
Electronic Money and Related Crimes, YukitakaUchida, 83
Summary
Panel Discussion, Mitsuru Iwamura, 97
< Contribution >
Privacy in Public Place-Case Law on GPS Tracking Devices in the United States, Satowa Matsumae, 103
ADR for Information Technology-related Disputes, Morihito Fujitani, Noriya Suganuma, 115
< Reports of Research Sub-Group >
Copyright System and Development of Culture -In Pursuit of its Ideal-, KoichiroHayashi, 123
Legal Scheme and Copyright Concerned with Transmission of Broadcasting Content on the Internet, Masayuki Matsuda, 130
The Legal Issues around Dispatched Workers Act in Information Technology Industry, Yukio Ohno, 141
< Book Review > 151
< Bibliography >
List of Computer Related Publication, 156

 

LAW AND COMPUTERS, No.26, July 2008

Special Issue: Labor issue in information technology society

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword, Toyohiro Nomura, 1
< Presentations at the 32th Law and Computers Association Conference >
Research Reports
International Trends in Personal Information Protection and Japanese Response -Drawing Up Code of Conduct on the Protection of Personal Information of Workers, Masao Horibe, 3
Understanding of legal positions of IT workers on the change of It industry
-definition of contracting work arrangement and worker dispatching, Hiroyasu Maruo, 13
Labor issues and Human Development Policy in Information Technology Industry, Toshihide Yahiro, Hiroshi Katayama, 19
Labor issues in the days of Information Technology Society, Naomi Okamoto, 25
Legal issues regarding the Management of Employer's Information within our IT society -Focusing the Monitoring of Employers via Electronic Devices, Ikuko Sunaoshi, 33
Duty Not to Compete After Retirement, Satoshi Ikemura, 43
Labor issue Information Industry is facing Being rooted in Multiple Aspects of Problems in Industrial Structure, Teiichi Aruga, 53
Summary
Panel Discussion, Takahito Natsui, 65
< Contribution >
An electronic report and sharing information among the governmental agencies, Rie Nagata, 71
< Reports of Research Sub-Group>
Approaches in Japan, Korea and Taiwan, and Efforts of International Harmonization, Kazuo Yoshida, 80
Privacy and publicity, Fumio Shinpo, 85
Legislation that promote distribution of digital contents, Souichiro Koduka, 91
< Book Review >, 96
< Bibliography >
List of Computer Related Publication, 100

 

LAW AND COMPUTERS, No.25 July 2007

Special Issue: System risks and Internal control

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword, Toyohiro Nomura, 1
< Presentations at the 31st Law and Computers Association Conference >
Kickoff Speech
The past the present and the future of Laws on the Protection of Personal Information, Shizuo Fujiwara, 3
Research Reports
Education of Legal Minds by means of Web, Seiichiro Sakurai, 11
Establishing a System to ensure that Students' Examination Papers are Strictly Graded in order to realize "Fair and Transparent Evaluation" -An Examination Paper Scoring System using Spreadsheets-, Shigeru Kagayama, 19
Education for Developing Creative Legal Minds based on Case Study Using Information Technology, Hajime Yoshino, 33
Compliance-oriented Management and Whistleblower Protection Act-Their Positioning in the Development of Consumer Policy in Japan, Tsuneo Matsumoto, 47
Internal Control and IT-myths of J-Sox law?, Ikuo Takahashi, 55
The Legal Issues on recent Troubles of the Financial System, Yukio Ohno, 61
Management System on the Protection of Personal Information
-The adequacy of the protection of personald ata in Japan on the basis of Article 25(6) of EU Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC-, Fumio Shinpo, 73
Summary
Comment, Shintaro Kato, 83
Panel Discussion,.Kouichiro Hayashi, 87
< Special Contribution>
Open Access of Scholarly Electronic Journals, Kotaro Nawa, 99
< Contribution >
The Responsibility of ISP or BBS-manager and Relationship with Senders, Hidetoshi Ikeda, 107
Considerations Concerning Technological Version of Internal control, Ota Hiroshi, Jean Kenne, 115
< Research Reports at Sub-Group Conferences >
Retransmission of Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) over IP current development and future issues, Shuuichi Deguchi, 124
The Ideas of Money and Value in Ancient Greece, Yasunori Kasai, 136
The Technology Transfer Regulation in Japan and Recent Topics of Foreign Exchange and Trade Law, Hiromichi Tanoue, 142
< Book Review >, 147
< Bibliography >
List of Computer Related Publication, 153

 

LAW AND COMPUTERS, No.24 July 2006

Special Issue: Human, Life, Moral, Law and Computers

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword, Toyohiro Nomura, 1
< Presentations at the 30th Law and Computers Association Conference >
Kick off Speech, Hironao Kaneko, 3
Research Reports
Dilemmas in Biotechnology, Satoshi Nakamura, 7
Harmonious Development of Life and Earth, Junichi Oonishi, 13
Various problems of medical treatment patent, Tomoyuki Takura, 27
Problems of computerization in medical practice, Kazuhiko Shinohara, 39
Recent movement of Intellectual Property in Life Science, Eiji Katayama, 47
Legal protection in agriculture, Akihisa Iwamoto, 57
Summary
Bioethics, Reproductive Medicine and Law, Toyohiro Nomura, 65
Panel Discussion, Norihisa Ogawa, 71
< Contribution >
A Sketch of the Scope of Personal Information, Kyo Nakata, 75
< Research Reports at Sub-Group Conferences >
Outline and Issues: MGM v .G ROKSTER (June 27,20 05; No.04-480), Yukio Ohno, 85
Counterfeited or Stolen Cash Cards and the Depositors Protection Act: Significance of the Legislation and the Issues to be Solved, Tsuneo Matsumoto, 96
Research into the Dispute Cases of Software Development Contracts, Akira Uchinuno, 102
< Book Review >, 109
< Bibliography >
List of Computer Related Publication, 115

 

LAW AND COMPUTERS, No.23 July 2005

Special Issue: Security, autonomy and procedural justice

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword, Toyohiro Nomura, 1
< Presentations at the 29th Law and Computers Association Conference >
Research Reports
Freedom of Expression and Privacy in the Cyberspace and Public Security, Shigenori Matsui, 3
The Legal issues on P2P, Hideo Ogura, 19
Electronic Self-help for Intellectual Property Rights, Norihisa Ogawa, 39
Due Process, Takato Natsui, 49
Preservation of Traffic Data -Proposed Amendment to the Criminal Procedure Laws of Japan, Eiichi Matsuzawa, 53
Protection of Personal Data: in case of the Personal Data of Library Users in the United States, Junichi Yamamoto, 63
Panel Discussion
Exercise of one's rights on network; Due process guarantee in lawful business acts and selfhelp, 73
< Special Report >
Electronic Discovery in the U.S., Hironao Kaneko, 83
< Research Reports at Sub-Group Conferences >
Management of Personal Information in enterprises Law for the Protection of Personal Information, Masatomo Suzuki , 97
Implementation of Information Security Management Systems, Toshio Takatori, 101
Application of Subcontract Act to Computer Program Development and Data Processing Agreements, Shozo Takahashi, 104
"Law Governing the Use of Information and Communications Technology in the Preservation of Documents that Private Businesses Perform" and "Law Regarding Revisions in Related Statutes Accompanying the Enactment of the Law Governing the Use of Information and Communications Technology in the Preservation of Documents that Private Businesses Perform", Takaharu Yoshioka, 109
Trends in Spectrum Policy and Technologies, Hajime Yamada, 116
< Book Review >, 121
< Bibliography >
List of Computer Related Publication, 127

 

LAW AND COMPUTERS, No.22 July 2004

Special Issue: Practice of Law in the Internet Society

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword, Toyohiro Nomura, 1
< At the 28th Symposium of the Law and Computers Association of Japan >
Research Reports
National Strategy on Intellectual Property -from Programs to Advance, Hideaki Kubori, 3
Laws of Industrial Revitalization Organizations and Information, Tomoo Tasaku, 11
Legal Issues on Open Source Softwares, Norihisa Ogawa, 21
Global Transaction on the Internet and Private International Law, Masato Dougauchi, 31
Internet and Medical Practice, Norio Higuchi, 39
Transactions on the Internet and Protection of Consumers, Tsuneo Matsumoto, 45
Internet and Local Town's Development Efforts into an Information-Oriented Society -a Test Case in Itayanagi-cho in Aomori Prefecture-, Shigeru Tamura, 53
Practice of Internet-Related Laws and Intellectual Property, Masayuki Matsuda, 63
< Research Reports at Sub-Group Conferences >
Digital Contents and Anti-trust Policy, Takashi Yamamoto, 80
Protection of Personal Information -5 Relevant Laws, Katsuya Uga, 85
Circumstances and Movements of Taxation on e-Commerce, Kan Hayashi Kazuya Miyakawa, 89
New Systematic Framework in the Telecommunication Business Field (Outlines of Revised Telecommunication Business Act), Hirohisa Furuichi, 94
< Review on Books >
"Laws and Policy of Cyberspace Security" / "Guidance for Dealing with High-Tech Crimes", 99
< Bibliography >
List of Computer Related Publication, 105

 

LAW AND COMPUERS, No.21 July 2003

<Special Issue: Regulation and Use of the Internet

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword, Toyohiro Nomura, 1
< Presentations at the 27th Law and Computers Association Conference >
Research Reports
Copyright Protection and Law concerning Limitation of Damages to Specific Telecommunications Service Provider and Disclosure of Sender Information, Yumiko Waseda, 3
Practical Issues regarding the Right to Demand Disclosure of the Identity Information of the Sender from Specified Telecommunications Services Provider, Toru Maruhashi, 13
Japanese Approaches to Spam-Mail-A comparison with American Regulations, Susumu Hirano, 25
High-Tech Crime and Cyber Terrorism Current Status and Countermeasures, Masao Tatsuzaki, 41
Substantive Law Aspect of the Cybercrime Convention, Atsushi Yamaguchi, 51
Procedural Law Aspect of the Cybercrime Convention, Tadashi Sakamaki, 57
G8 Subgroup on High-Tech Crime, Hiroyuki Osuga, 65
Summaries
Report on the 27th Law and Computers Symposium
Early Session, Kazuko Otani, 85
Late Session, Yukio Ono, 91
Panel Discussion, Takato Natsui, 101
< Special Contribution >
Concept of Information Security A Historical Overview, Kotaro Nawa, 107
< Sub-Group Report >
Information Technology for Shareholders' Meetings, Mitsuru Iwamura, Eriko Sakata, 122
Antimonopoly Concerns on Software Licensing Agreements, etc., Takashi Yamamoto, 129
Intellectual Property Reform-the Key to Economic Revitalization, Hisamitsu Arai, 136
International Jurisdiction regarding the Internet Transactions, Yoshihisa Hayakawa, 144
< Book Review >, 151
< Bibliography >, 163

 

LAW AND COMPUTERS, No.20 July 2002

Special Issue: Reforms of Institution Pressed by the Internet

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword, Toyohiro Nomura, 1
< Presentations at the 26th Law and Computers Association Conference >
Keynote Report
The On-line Registration Application and Judicial Scrivener Business, Yasuko Nishimura, Shinsuke Ogi, 3
Electronic Disclosure and XBRL, Kiyoshi Kanai, 9
Some Problems on the Consumer Contract Law, Toyohiro Nomura, 15
Electronic Signatures and Certification Services Law Similarities and Differences between Electronic Signatures and Seals, Tsuneo Matsumoto, 21
Symposium Report
Recent Development in the Japanese On-line Banking Business, Atsuyoshi Gohara, 29
Administration of Medical Record in University Medical Center and Reform of Medical Services by Electronic Data Interchange, Kohei Akazawa, Masao Hashiba, Cao pengyu, Tomoko Yamakawa, 39
Legal Issues concerning "Electronic Medical Records", Yukio Ono, 47
Internet and ADR, Masako Kamiya, 55
Legal Protection of Personal Information, Masao Horibe, 67
Summary
Report on the 26th Law and Computers Symposium, Yukio Ono, 81
Panel Discussion, Yoshiaki Yasuzawa, 89
< Sub-Group Report >
Japanese Policy for the IT Revolution, Masashi Oshita, 94
E-Commerce-Recent Tax Developments, Kan Hayashi, Kazuya Miyakawa, 104
Current Issues concerning Competition Policy in Telecommunications and Broadcasting, Koichiro Hayashi, 113
Current Examination Practices on Business-related Inventions, Tadashi Inoue, 121
< Book Review >, 133
< Bibliography >, 141