Copyright Act

It is permissible to print a work that has been made public in a textbook (meaning a textbook provided for in Article 34, paragraph (1) of the School Education Act (Act No. 26 of 1947) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 49; Article 49-8; Article 62; Article 70, paragraph (1); and; the same applies hereinafter in this Article 82 of that Act);and the same applies hereinafterfollowing Article), to the extent that this is found to be necessary for the purpose of school education.

A person that prints It is permissible to exploit a work that has been printed in a textbook pursuant , in any way and to the provisions of extent considered necessary, in connection with the preceding paragraph must inform adoption of textbooks pursuant to Article 13 of the author Act on Measures for Free Provision of this and pay compensation to the copyright owner Textbooks, etc. for Compulsory Education Schools (Act No. 182 of 1963), publication provided for in the amount calculated based Article 2, paragraph (2) of the Act on a method established Temporary Measures concerning Publication of Textbooks (Act No. 132 of 1948), any other act equivalent thereto that is specified by Order of the CommissionerMinistry of the Agency for Cultural Affairs in consideration Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, or the ordinary use of the purport textbook as necessary for the purpose of school education (limited to use not for profit); provided, however, that this does not apply if the provisions action would unreasonably prejudice the interests of the preceding paragraph, copyright owner in light of the nature andor purpose of the work, the ordinary rate or the circumstances of royalties, and other conditionsits exploitation.

When A person that prints a work in a textbook pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) must inform the author of this and pay compensation to the copyright owner in the amount calculated based on a method established by the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs has established in consideration of the method referred to in purport of the provisions of that paragraph, the nature and purpose of the work, how that work is exploited under the preceding paragraph, and the commissioner announces this usingcircumstances of its exploitation, the internet or by any other appropriate methodordinary rate of royalties, and other conditions.

The provisions of the preceding three paragraphs apply mutatis mutandis toWhen the reproductionCommissioner of works in textbooks intendedthe Agency for use in high school correspondence courses (including correspondence courses forCultural Affairs has established the upper-class levels of a school for secondary education) andmethod referred to in the teachers' manuals for textbooks (limited to teachers' manuals published by the person publishing the textbooks)preceding paragraph, the commissioner announces this using the internet or by any other appropriate method.

The provisions of the preceding paragraphs apply mutatis mutandis to the reproduction of works in textbooks intended for use in high school correspondence courses (including correspondence courses for the upper-class levels of a school for secondary education) and in the teachers' manuals for textbooks (limited to teachers' manuals published by the person publishing the textbooks), and to the exploitation of the works so reproduced.

It is permissibleIn order to printmake a work that has been printed in a textbook in alternative teaching materials for textbooks (meaning teaching materials providedavailable for in Article 34, paragraph (2) of the School Education Act that may be exploited pursuant to Article 34, paragraph (2)learning purposes of children or (3) of that Act (including cases where these provisions are applied mutatis mutandis pursuantstudents who have difficulty using a work printed in a textbook due to Article 49; Article 49-8; Article 62; Article 70, paragraph (1); and Article 82 of that Act; hereinaftera visual impairment, developmental disorder, or other disabilities, it is permissible to reproduce the same applies in this paragraph); hereinafter the same applies in thiswork with enlarged letters, illustrations and the following paragraph) and exploit that worklike used in line with the exploitation of the alternative teaching materials for textbooks, irrespective of the manner in which that work is exploited, to the extent that this is foundrelevant textbook, or by any other means necessary for those children or students to be necessary for the purpose of school educationuse that work.

A person that prints It is permissible to exploit a work that has been printedreproduced in a textbook in alternative teaching materials to textbooksor any other copy prepared pursuant to the provisionprovisions of the preceding paragraph must inform (excluding a copy in which the person that publishes work is reproduced in Braille, and limited to a copy in which all of or a considerable part of the work printed in the relevant textbook of this is reproduced; hereinafter in advance this paragraph and pay compensation the following paragraph referred to the copyright owner as a "large-print textbook, etc."), in the amount calculated based on a method established byany way and to the extent considered necessary for the Commissioner learning purposes of the Agency for Cultural Affairs children or students referred to in consideration of the purport of the preceding paragraph, in connection with the provisionuse of that paragraph, the circumstances oflarge-print textbook, etc.; provided, however, that work and how that work is exploited under that paragraph,this does not apply if the action would unreasonably prejudice the amountinterests of compensation provided forthe copyright owner in paragraph (2) light of the nature or purpose of the preceding Article, and other conditionswork or the circumstances of its exploitation.

When A person that seeks to prepare a large-print textbook, etc. must inform the Commissioner person that publishes the relevant textbook of this in advance; and, if the Agencyperson, for Cultural Affairs has established profit, distributes the large-print textbook, etc. or makes a public transmission (including, in the method referred to case of automatic public transmission, making available for transmission) of a work printed in the preceding paragraph, large-print textbook, etc., the commissioner announces this using person must pay the copyright owner of the internet or by any other appropriate work compensation in the amount calculated based on a method established by the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs in proportion to the amount of compensation provided for in paragraph (3) of the preceding Article.

When the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs has established the method referred to in the preceding paragraph, the commissioner announces this using the internet or by any other appropriate method.

A person that provides an electronic or magnetic record of a work printed in a textbook pursuant to Article 5, paragraph (1) or (2) of the Act on Promotion of Distribution of Specified Books, etc. Used as Textbooks for Disabled Children and Students (Act No. 81 of 2008) may exploit that work to the extent considered necessary for that provision.

A person set forth by Cabinet Order that engages in an undertaking related to the welfare of persons for whom it is difficult to perceive visual renderings due to a visual or other impairment (hereinafter in this paragraph and in Article 102, paragraph (43) any such person is referred to as a "person with a visual or vision-related impairment") may reproduce a work that has been made public and that is made available or presented to the public in a rendered form that is perceived visually (including a work that has been made public and that is made available or presented to the public in a form that is perceived both visually and through other senses) (including a work other than the work in question which is reproduced therein or which is made available or presented to the public in a body united with the former work; hereinafter in this paragraph and in Article 102, paragraph (43) referred to as a "visual work"), and may transmit engage in public transmission of such a visual work to the public by changing texts in the visual work into sounds or in any other form that is necessary to allow the visual work to be used by persons with a visual andor vision-related impairmentsimpairment who have difficulty in using that visual work in its visual form, within the limits that are found to be necessary in order to provide the visual work for their exclusive use; provided, however, that this does not apply if the visual work has already been made available or presented to the public in such a form by the copyright owner, a person authorized thereby, a person in favor of whom the print rights set forth in Article 79 have been established, a person authorized thereby to reproduce the visual workgranted authorization for reproduction thereby, or a person authorized thereby to transmit the visual work to the publicgranted authorization for public transmission thereby.