Article 104-15Expenditures for Undertakings Related to the Protection of Copyright
第百四条の十五（著作権等の保護に関する事業等のための支出）
A designated association must expend an amount equivalent to an amount calculated pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order in consideration of how a work is exploited, expenses for administrative handling related to the distribution of compensation for public transmission for classes, or other circumstances, of the total amount of compensation for public transmission for classes, for undertakings that relate to protecting copyright and neighboring rights, as well as undertakings that contribute to promoting the creation of works and to their dissemination.
Before establishing the Cabinet Order referred to in the preceding paragraph or drafting an amendment to it, the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs must consult the Culture Council.
文化庁長官は、前項の政令の制定又は改正の立案をしようとするときは、文化審議会に諮問しなければならない。
If the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs finds it is necessary, in order to ensure the proper operation of functions related to an undertaking referred to in paragraph (1), the Commissioner may issue any order required for supervising the relevant functions.
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A designated association must expend an amount equivalent to an amount calculated pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order in consideration of how a work is exploited…
指定管理団体は、授業目的公衆送信補償金の総額のうち、授業目的公衆送信による著作物等の利用状況、授業目的公衆送信補償金の分配に係る事務に要する費用その他の事情を勘案して政令で定めるところにより算出した額に相当する額を…
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「著作物」
A creative expression of thoughts or feelings falling within the literary, academic, artistic or musical domain — a work in the narrow sense, as distinct from 著作物等 (works, performances, phonograms, broadcasts and cablecasts), which the Ministry's English also calls 'work'.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (i)· applies throughout the law
work
「著作物等」
Works (著作物), performances, phonograms, broadcasts and cablecasts taken together; the Ministry's English calls this 'work' too, so there 'work' covers all five.
Short name set inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xx)
copyright
「著作権」
The economic rights of an author set out in Articles 21 to 28: the rights of reproduction, stage and musical performance, on-screen presentation, public transmission, recitation, exhibition, distribution, transfer of ownership, rental, translation and adaptation, and the original author's rights over the use of derivative works.
Short name set inArticle 17, paragraph (1)
designated association
「指定管理団体」
In Section 3 of Chapter V, the association designated by the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs, with its consent, as the only one in Japan to exercise the right to compensation for public transmission for classes (授業目的公衆送信補償金) on behalf of the right holders, which then only it may exercise.
Short name set inArticle 104-11, paragraph (1)· applies only in this section
compensation for public transmission for classes
「授業目的公衆送信補償金」
The compensation that the founder of an educational institution must pay the copyright owner under Article 35, paragraph (2) (including as applied by Article 102, paragraph (1)) when works are transmitted to the public for classes under Article 35, paragraph (1).
Short name set inArticle 104-11, paragraph (1)· applies only in this section
public transmission for classes
「授業目的公衆送信」
In Section 3 of Chapter V, a transmission to the public made under Article 35, paragraph (1) (including as applied by Article 102, paragraph (1)) by the teachers and students of a school or other non-profit educational institution for use in their classes, other than the transmissions described in Article 35, paragraph (3).
Short name set inArticle 104-12, paragraph (1), item (ii), (a)· applies only in this section