15 January 2016 The Telegraph Japan Sports Council 'refusing to pay' British architect for 2020 Tokyo Olympics stadium designs 日本スポーツ振興センターは2020年の東京オリンピックスタジアムのデザイン料を英国の建築家に支払うことを拒否している。 Exclusive: Zaha Hadid Architects has reacted angrily to the attempt by the Japan Sports Council to effectively seize ownership of the copyrighted designs ザハ氏は日本スポーツ振興センターが著作権を事実上獲得する企てに怒りを隠さないでいる。 The organisers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games are refusing to pay a British architect for her designs for its main stadium unless she gives up the copyright and signs what amounts to a gagging order, it has been claimed.
Zaha Hadid Architects, which won the original contract to build a state-of-the-art national stadium in the Japanese capital, has reacted angrily to the attempt by the Japan Sports Council to effectively seize ownership of the copyrighted designs.
In documents sent to the London-based firm concerning payments for work completed before the design was scrapped in July, the JSC has inserted two new clauses.
In the revised agreement, a copy of which has been seen by The Telegraph, the JSC says the winner of a new competition for the design, which was announced in December, is "allowed to use any product of work ... regardless of its copyright".
It adds that Zaha Hadid Architects permits the JSC to "use Project Work freely, without additional payment or restriction (includes alteration and any other use) and mutually agrees that [Zaha Hadid Ltd.] will consent without objection".