Though he pursued both monetary goals and proper management of copyrights, he wasn't able to bridge the gap to the music users, and the acquisition of agency rights from Japanese authors caused further uproar.

In February 2009, a cease-and-desist order was issued by the JFTC for allegedly breaking the Antimonopoly Act, demanding that the society end its blanket-fee system.

[2] Under that system, radio and TV stations are allowed unlimited use of JASRAC-managed music copyrights for a flat fee of 1.5% of their annual broadcasting revenue.

[2][3][4] On November 1st, 2013, in response to a petition by rival e-License Inc., the Intellectual Property High Court, a special branch of the Tokyo High Court that settles patent disputes, declared that JASRAC's fee levying system impeded competition within the industry and made it extremely difficult for other organizations to enter the market.

[5][6] In response to this, many schools, including Yamaha Music Foundation across Japan filed a petition, arguing that it would lead to increased tuition rates.

[11] In 2012, JASRAC awarded SMAP's "Sekai ni Hitotsu Dake no Hana" as the song with the most royalties earned in the ceremony's 30-year history.

[10] As of 2022, four songs have won the Gold Award for two consecutive years: Eiko Segawa's "Inochi Kurenai" (1988 and 1989);[12] SMAP's "Sekai ni Hitotsu Dake no Hana" (2004 and 2005);[12] AKB48's "Heavy Rotation" (2012 and 2013);[12] and LiSA's "Gurenge" (2021 and 2022).