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Article 4Making a Work Public

第四条(著作物の公表)

A work has been made public if it is published or if a person that owns a right provided for in Articles 22 through 25, a person authorized thereby (meaning the person is authorized to exploit a work pursuant to the provisions of Article 63, paragraph (1)), a person in favor of whom the print rights set forth in Article 79 have been established, or a person authorized thereby to transmit that work to the public (meaning the person is authorized to exploit a work pursuant to the provisions of Article 80, paragraph (3); the same applies hereinafter) presents the work to the public by means of a stage performance, musical performance, on-screen presentation, transmission to the public, recitation, or exhibition (if it is an architectural work, this includes when the person that owns the right set forth in Article 21 or the person authorized thereby (meaning the person is authorized to exploit a work pursuant to the provisions of Article 63, paragraph (1)) constructs it).

著作物は、発行され、又は第二十二条から第二十五条までに規定する権利を有する者若しくはその許諾(第六十三条第一項の規定による利用の許諾をいう。)を得た者若しくは第七十九条の出版権の設定を受けた者若しくはその公衆送信許諾(第八十条第三項の規定による公衆送信の許諾をいう。以下同じ。)を得た者によつて上演、演奏、上映、公衆送信、口述若しくは展示の方法で公衆に提示された場合(建築の著作物にあつては、第二十一条に規定する権利を有する者又はその許諾(第六十三条第一項の規定による利用の許諾をいう。)を得た者によつて建設された場合を含む。)において、公表されたものとする。

A work is deemed to have been made public if the person that owns the right provided for in Article 23, paragraph (1), a person authorized thereby, a person in favor of whom the print rights set forth in Article 79 have been established, or a person authorized thereby to transmit that work to the public makes the work available for transmission.

著作物は、第二十三条第一項に規定する権利を有する者又はその許諾を得た者若しくは第七十九条の出版権の設定を受けた者若しくはその公衆送信許諾を得た者によつて送信可能化された場合には、公表されたものとみなす。

An original work is deemed to have been made public if a person that, pursuant to the provisions of Article 28, owns the same right to the relevant work as one that is provided for in Articles 22 through 24 or a person authorized thereby presents a translation of it to the public which constitutes a derivative work, by means of a stage performance, musical performance, on-screen presentation, transmission to the public, or recitation, or if a person that, pursuant to the provisions of Article 28, owns the same right with regard to the relevant work as the right provided for in Article 23, paragraph (1) or a person authorized thereby makes that translation available for transmission.

二次的著作物である翻訳物が、第二十八条の規定により第二十二条から第二十四条までに規定する権利と同一の権利を有する者若しくはその許諾を得た者によつて上演、演奏、上映、公衆送信若しくは口述の方法で公衆に提示され、又は第二十八条の規定により第二十三条第一項に規定する権利と同一の権利を有する者若しくはその許諾を得た者によつて送信可能化された場合には、その原著作物は、公表されたものとみなす。

An artistic work or a photographic work is deemed to have been made public if the person prescribed in Article 45, paragraph (1) exhibits it as provided for in that paragraph.

美術の著作物又は写真の著作物は、第四十五条第一項に規定する者によつて同項の展示が行われた場合には、公表されたものとみなす。

The person that would own a right provided for in paragraphs (1) through (3) of this Article if the work were protected under this Act and a person authorized thereby to exploit the work are, respectively, deemed to be the person that owns that right and the person authorized thereby, and the provisions of those paragraphs apply accordingly.

著作物がこの法律による保護を受けるとしたならば第一項から第三項までの権利を有すべき者又はその者からその著作物の利用の承諾を得た者は、それぞれ第一項から第三項までの権利を有する者又はその許諾を得た者とみなして、これらの規定を適用する。

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