Available Rights Statements
In Japan Search (Website provided with the domain “jpsearch.go.jp”. Hereafter, “this site”), participating organizations set the conditions of use for each of metadata, thumbnail images and digital contents. (Please consult the Site policy, 3. Using Data section.)
This site supports 15 rights statements including internationally accepted rights statement, based on “Summary of The Second Interim Report (April 2019, Practitioner Review Committee)”. These rights statements express the short summary of copyright status of digital contents and how you can use these contents. When you use digital contents, please also verify the condition of use on the participating organization’s database .
Table of Contents
Public Domain Tool
CC0
The person/organization who associated a work with this deed has dedicated the work to the public domain by waiving all of his or her rights to the work worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law.
- Refer to：CC01.0（Link to Creative Commons website）
- Code value：cc0
PDM (Public Domain Mark)
This symbol denotes that a work is freely available without limitation by copyright.
- Refer to：PDM1.0（Link to Creative Commons website）
- Code value：pdm
Creative Commons License
CC BY
This license with the highest degree of freedom, with the main condition being to credit (name, title of the work, etc.) the original author; It also allows modification of the work, as well as secondary use for profit.
- Refer to：CC BY 4.0（Link to Creative Commons website）
- Code value：ccby
CC BY-SA
License permitting secondary use for profit by displaying credit to the original author, and when modifying the work, public release under the same license as the original work being the main condition.
- Refer to：CC BY-SA 4.0（Link to Creative Commons website）
- Code value：ccbysa
CC BY-ND
License that allows use (reprinting, copying, sharing) for commercial purposes with the main prerequisite being that original credits are displayed and the original work is not modified.
- Refer to：CC BY-ND 4.0（Link to Creative Commons website）
- Code value：ccbynd
CC BY-NC
License that allows modification and redistribution as long as credit to the original author is displayed with the main condition being that for it is non-profit purposes.
- Refer to：CC BY-NC 4.0（Link to Creative Commons website）
- Code value：ccbync
CC BY-NC-SA
License that allows modification and redistribution of a work as long as credit to the original author is displayed and is limited to non-profit purposes, and when modifying a work allows for its modification or redistribution under the main condition that it is released with the same combination of licenses as the original work.
- Refer to：CC BY-NC-SA 4.0（Link to Creative Commons website）
- Code value：ccbyncsa
CC BY-NC-ND
License that allows free redistribution for non-commercial purposes with the main prerequisite being that original credits are displayed and the original work is not modified.
- Refer to：CC BY-NC-ND 4.0（Link to Creative Commons website）
- Code value：ccbyncnd
Rights Statements
IN COPYRIGHT
Requires permission from the copyright owner for secondary use. The work may be available for use in the event the publisher himself is the copyright holder, in the event the license has been obtained from the copyright holder, or under any other copyright restriction provisions.
- Refer to：IN COPYRIGHT（Link to Rights Statements website）
- Code value：incr
IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED
Educational use is permitted by the copyright owner despite the subsistence of copyrights.
- Refer to：IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED（Link to Rights Statements website）
- Code value：incr_edu
NO COPYRIGHT - CONTRACTUAL RESTRICTIONS
Although there are no restriction of the copyright and/or related rights, some restrictions to third party use are imposed by contract at the time of acquisition or digitization. Inquiries about the contract conditions must be made on an individual basis.
- Refer to：NO COPYRIGHT - CONTRACTUAL RESTRICTIONS（Link to Rights Statements website）
- Code value：nocr_cont
NO COPYRIGHT - OTHER KNOWN LEGAL RESTRICTIONS
Although the copyright has already lapsed, free use is restricted due to other legal restrictions such as cultural heritage or traditional cultural expression protections.
- Refer to：NO COPYRIGHT - OTHER KNOWN LEGAL RESTRICTIONS（Link to Rights Statements website）
- Code value：nocr_other
COPYRIGHT NOT EVALUATED
Investigation to determine the status of copyright has not been completed and its copyright status remains unknown.
- Refer to：COPYRIGHT NOT EVALUATED（Link to Rights Statements website）
- Code value：uneval
Original Rights Statements
COPYRIGHT UNDETERMINED-ORPHAN WORK in JAPAN
Because the copyright is unknown (orphan work), the work is provided in accordance with compulsory license system under the Japanese copyright law.
- Refer to：「COPYRIGHT UNDETERMINED-ORPHAN WORK in JAPAN」（Link to website of Agency for cultural affairs, Government of Japan）
- Code value：undet
Other
Not applicable
Not applicable to copyright notation marks provided by Japan Search.
- Code value：others