A former person in charge of sound effects for commercial broadcasters applied for a lie to JASRAC = Japanese Society for Rights of Authors of Music, saying that he had broadcast the songs he owns copyrights multiple times, and paid a usage fee of about 16 million yen. He was charged at home for fraud for deception.
Makoto Murata (36), a former employee of an audio company in Tokyo, was indicted at home.
Former employee Murata was in charge of sound effects on the NTV program, but according to the Tokyo Regional Prosecutor's Office, in 2016 and 2017, he himself copyrighted the program even though it was not actually broadcast. He has been accused of fraud for fraudulently claiming that he has broadcast a song that has the same title multiple times and has deceived JASRAC for a copyright royalties of approximately 16 million yen.
JASRAC has filed a lawsuit seeking compensation from the sound company that worked for about 55 million yen, saying that the total amount illegally received by a former employee who was in charge of the sound effects of the morning news program amounted to more than 74 million yen. To the Tokyo District Court.
Nippon Television commented, "It is very regrettable that we used it in our program or made an illegal application to JASRAC. We will take measures to prevent similar cases from happening again."