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Abstract

Plays are an important element that determines the quality of performance of play. However, the theatrical circles are stingy about payment for plays. The method of payment is divided largely into two types. One of the two is to fix personnel expenses same as various types of occupation that participates in the plays and the other is to pay royalties for plays. But almost nothing has been achieved in both yet due to petty funds and lack of awareness of theatrical circles. Moreover, even the Copyright Law does not deal with plays in detail, which causes many problems. Especially, the Law incurs risks of indiscriminating infringement of copyright as the clause on the purpose of school education in the Article 25 that limits author's property right does not even include the standard for compensation in relation to the performance of play unlike literary works, images, music and video, and the clause on the nonprofit performance in the Article 29 does not suggest exact conditions for nonprofit in relation to performance of plays. Therefore, supplementation of legal insufficiencies shall be made first to solve the problems, so it is necessary to suggest a decent standard for compensation for performance of plays in schools and by the clubs of general public such as citizens etc., and suggest clear requirements for establishment of nonprofit performance of plays. And theatrical circles are also required to prepare a real and viable standard for personnel expenses by themselves, and form an exclusive organization to support copyright protection and upright use of plays to the ultimate.