work
著作物( ちょさくぶつ )
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'.
思想又は感情を創作的に表現したものであつて、文芸、学術、美術又は音楽の範囲に属するもの
Article 2, paragraph (1), item (i) See it in the glossary author
著作者( ちょさくしゃ )
The person who creates a work (著作物).
著作物を創作する者
Article 2, paragraph (1), item (ii) See it in the glossary broadcast
放送( ほうそう )
A transmission to the public (公衆送信) by radio communication, made so that the public receives the same content at the same time.
公衆送信のうち、公衆によつて同一の内容の送信が同時に受信されることを目的として行う無線通信の送信
Article 2, paragraph (1), item (viii) See it in the glossary broadcaster
放送事業者( ほうそうじぎょうしゃ )
A person who carries on broadcasting (放送) as a business.
放送を業として行う者
Article 2, paragraph (1), item (ix) See it in the glossary cablecast
有線放送( ゆうせんほうそう )
A transmission to the public (公衆送信) by wire telecommunication, made so that the public receives the same content at the same time.
公衆送信のうち、公衆によつて同一の内容の送信が同時に受信されることを目的として行う有線電気通信の送信
Article 2, paragraph (1), item (ix-2) See it in the glossary cablecaster
有線放送事業者( ゆうせんほうそうじぎょうしゃ )
A person who carries on cablecasting (有線放送) as a business.
有線放送を業として行う者
Article 2, paragraph (1), item (ix-3) See it in the glossary specified input-type automatic public transmission
特定入力型自動公衆送信( とくていにゅうりょくがたじどうこうしゅうそうしん )
Automatic public transmission (自動公衆送信) made by receiving a broadcast and, at the same time, inputting it into an automatic public transmission server connected to a public telecommunications network, including making it available for transmission for that purpose.
放送を受信して同時に、公衆の用に供されている電気通信回線に接続している自動公衆送信装置に情報を入力することにより行う自動公衆送信(当該自動公衆送信のために行う送信可能化を含む。)
Article 2, paragraph (1), item (ix-6) See it in the glossary simultaneous broadcasting
放送同時配信等( ほうそうどうじはいしんとう )
Automatic public transmission (自動公衆送信) of broadcast or cablecast programs, including making them available for transmission, that is made within a week after the broadcast or cablecast and not before it (for a series aired at intervals of more than a week, within a period of up to a month the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs sets), without changing the program except where unavoidable, and with measures set by Order of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (文部科学省令) against digital copying; excluding specified input-type automatic public transmission and the transmissions the Commissioner, after consulting the Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications, sets as likely to unreasonably harm right holders or hard for the public to view.
放送番組又は有線放送番組の自動公衆送信(当該自動公衆送信のために行う送信可能化を含む。以下この号において同じ。)のうち、次のイからハまでに掲げる要件を備えるもの(著作権者、出版権者若しくは著作隣接権者(以下「著作権者等」という。)の利益を不当に害するおそれがあるもの又は広く国民が容易に視聴することが困難なものとして文化庁長官が総務大臣と協議して定めるもの及び特定入力型自動公衆送信を除く。)
Article 2, paragraph (1), item (ix-7) See it in the glossary producer of a cinematographic work
映画製作者( えいがせいさくしゃ )
The person who takes the initiative in, and responsibility for, making a cinematographic work (映画の著作物).
映画の著作物の製作に発意と責任を有する者
Article 2, paragraph (1), item (x) See it in the glossary reproduction
複製( ふくせい )
Reproducing a work in tangible form by printing, photography, photocopying, sound or visual recording or any other means; for a script or similar work for the stage it includes recording a stage performance, broadcast or cablecast of it, and for an architectural work it includes completing a building according to its architectural drawings.
印刷、写真、複写、録音、録画その他の方法により有形的に再製することをいい、次に掲げるものについては、それぞれ次に掲げる行為を含むものとする
Article 2, paragraph (1), item (xv) See it in the glossary distribution
頒布( はんぷ )
Transferring or renting copies to the public, whether for payment or free; for a cinematographic work, or a work reproduced in one, it also includes transferring or renting copies of the film for the purpose of showing those works to the public.
有償であるか又は無償であるかを問わず、複製物を公衆に譲渡し、又は貸与することをいい、映画の著作物又は映画の著作物において複製されている著作物にあつては、これらの著作物を公衆に提示することを目的として当該映画の著作物の複製物を譲渡し、又は貸与することを含むものとする
Article 2, paragraph (1), item (xix) See it in the glossary cinematographic work
映画の著作物( えいがのちょさくぶつ )
A cinematographic work, including a work expressed in a way that produces visual or audiovisual effects similar to those of a film and fixed in some medium.
映画の効果に類似する視覚的又は視聴覚的効果を生じさせる方法で表現され、かつ、物に固定されている著作物を含む
Article 2, paragraph (3) See it in the glossary copyright
著作権( ちょさくけん )
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.
Article 17, paragraph (1) See it in the glossary