Risk of Rights Infringement and Accuracy Issues in News Articles
First written in FY2017. 3 of 6 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: FY2026.
Iid moved to the "Worse" side of this theme in 2026.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2017: 1 of 11 companies on the "Worse" side.
0 other companies' latest entry also says "Worsened".
- FY2026Added the risk of rights disputes involving AI-generated content.Annual report
「News articles published on the Group’s web media are prepared using editors, external writers and AI, among other resources. To prevent infringement of third-party rights, the Group provides internal training, maintains checking procedures and operates article production rules. However, there is a possibility of infringing third-party copyrights, patent rights, trademark rights or other intellectual property rights, as well as a possibility of disputes over rights relating to AI-generated content.」
Explicitly stated that AI is used in article production and added the risk of rights disputes involving AI-generated content. - FY2024RestatedAnnual report
「The Group has implemented various measures to prevent infringement of third-party rights through article plagiarism and other means, including advance verification measures such as holding copyright seminars and introducing a checking system, as well as establishing rules such as the “Copyrighted Work Citation Rules” with external writers and obtaining their written consent to comply with them.」
Continues to disclose the risks of rights infringements and accuracy issues involving articles, intellectual property rights infringements, and countermeasures including copyright seminars, a checking system and written consents. - FY2020RestatedAnnual report
「However, if those news articles infringe third-party rights or if articles lacking accuracy or fairness are distributed, this may affect the group's business, business performance and social credibility.」
Continues to disclose the potential impact on the business and reputation of third-party rights infringements, a lack of accuracy and fairness in articles, and intellectual property rights infringements. - FY2019Additional disclosure on the risk of intellectual property infringementAnnual report
「The group manages its operations to avoid infringing intellectual property rights, including third-party patent and trademark rights. However, it may infringe such rights outside the scope of its knowledge, which could result in third parties seeking damages, payment of consideration or injunctions against use in connection with intellectual property rights, potentially affecting the group's business performance.」
In addition to the existing issues involving infringement of rights and accuracy in news articles, the company disclosed the risks of infringing intellectual property rights, including patent and trademark rights, and the claims that could result. - FY2018RestatedAnnual report
「For news articles published on the group's Web media platforms, the editor-in-chief selects new and timely information in the industry, and the news desk commissions interviews from individual editors and external writers. An average of 30 to 50 articles are produced per day for each media platform.」
The company continues to disclose the risks of infringing third-party rights and lacking accuracy and fairness in connection with producing large volumes of articles, as well as countermeasures such as checking systems. - FY2017First statedAnnual report
「For news articles published on the group's Web media platforms, the editor-in-chief selects new and timely information in the industry, and the news desk commissions interviews from individual editors and external writers. An average of 30 to 50 articles are produced per day for each media platform.」
The company described the risk that infringement of third-party rights or a lack of accuracy and fairness in the large volume of news articles produced and distributed could affect the business and its reputation.