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Silver, and Bronze awards are given to the top three of the top ten domestic songs with the most royalties distributed, the
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fine for violating this law, and left Japan in 1941. The Agency for
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Established in 1982, the annual JASRAC Awards honors the lyricists, composers, and music publishers whose works received the largest share of royalties from JASRAC—earned through music distribution, karaoke usage, features in commercials etc.—in a given fiscal year (e.g. April 2020–May 2021). Gold,
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across Japan filed a petition, arguing that it would lead to increased tuition rates. In
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management of copyrights, he wasn't able to bridge the gap to the music users, and the acquisition of agency rights from
Japanese authors caused further uproar. These incidents were called the "Plage Whirlwind" and triggered concentration management of copyright in Japan.
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