無観客ライブの海外配信支援　「巣ごもり需要」に活路―政府知財計画

　政府は２７日、知的財産戦略本部（本部長・安倍晋三首相）の会合を首相官邸で開き、２０２０年度の知的財産推進計画を決定した。新型コロナウイルスの感染拡大で打撃を受けたエンターテインメント産業を支援するため、無観客で実施した音楽・演劇公演の海外向け動画配信費用を助成することなどを盛り込んだ。

　会合で首相は「日本発のデジタルコンテンツを積極的に海外へと展開し、流通、活用を促進する観点から、著作権制度をはじめとしたさまざまな制度のアップデートも急ぐ必要がある」と指摘した。（2020/05/27-18:15）

The Japanese government has decided to promote the online streaming of videos of concerts and other performing arts for fans abroad as the industry struggles amid the coronavirus crisis.
   The measure is included in the intellectual property strategic plan for fiscal 2020, adopted at a meeting of the government's Intellectual Property Strategy Headquarters, led by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, on Wednesday.
   Under the plan, the government will provide financial aid to help the entertainment industry distribute videos of live events performed without audiences amid the spread of COVID-19.
   "It is necessary to urgently update our copyright and many other systems" in order to actively promote the export of Japanese digital content, Abe told the meeting.
   In the plan, the government expressed a sense of crisis over the cancellations of many events and shutdowns of cultural facilities amid voluntary restrictions on going out.