It is permissible to exploit a political speech or statement delivered in public, and a public statement given in judicial proceedings and administrative adjudication proceedings (meaning a ruling by an administrative agency or other proceedings equivalent to a trial; the same applies in Article 41-2), in any way, except for by making a compilation of speeches or statements by the same author.
If it is found to be justified for the purpose of news reporting, it is permissible for a person to print a speech or statement that has been delivered in public by a national or local government agency, incorporated administrative agency, or local incorporated administrative agency, other than one under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, in a newspaper or magazine; to broadcast or cablecast such a speech or statement, or to transmit such a speech or statement via area-limited specified input-type automatic public transmission; or to transmit such a speech or statement via simultaneous broadcasting.
It is permissible to publicly communicate a speech or statement that is broadcast, cablecast, transmitted via area-limited specified input-type automatic public transmission or transmitted via simultaneous broadcasting, pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, through a receiver.
前項の規定により放送され、有線放送され、地域限定特定入力型自動公衆送信が行われ、又は放送同時配信等が行われる演説又は陳述は、受信装置を用いて公に伝達することができる。
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Exploitation of Public Speeches, etc.
It is permissible to exploit a political speech or statement delivered in public, and a public statement given in judicial proceedings and administrative adjudication proceedings…
公開して行われた政治上の演説又は陳述並びに裁判手続及び行政審判手続（行政庁の行う審判その他裁判に準ずる手続をいう。第四十一条の二において同じ。）における公開の陳述は、同一の著作者のものを編集して利用する場合を除き、いずれの方法によるかを問わず、利用することができる。
Open this provisionExploitation of Public Speeches, etc.
If it is found to be justified for the purpose of news reporting, it is permissible for a person to print a speech or statement that has been delivered in public by a national or local government…
国若しくは地方公共団体の機関、独立行政法人又は地方独立行政法人において行われた公開の演説又は陳述は、前項の規定によるものを除き、報道の目的上正当と認められる場合には、新聞紙若しくは雑誌に掲載し、又は放送し、有線放送し、地域限定特定入力型自動公衆送信を行い、若しくは放送同時配信等を行うことができる。
Open this provisionReproduction for Judicial Proceedings; Related Matters
It is permissible to reproduce a work if and to the extent that this is found to be necessary for judicial proceedings and administrative adjudication proceedings; provided, however…
著作物は、裁判手続及び行政審判手続のために必要と認められる場合には、その必要と認められる限度において、複製することができる。ただし、当該著作物の種類及び用途並びにその複製の部数及び態様に照らし著作権者の利益を不当に害することとなる場合は、この限りでない。
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「著作者」
The person who creates a work (著作物).
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (ii)· applies throughout the law
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「放送」
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.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (viii)· applies throughout the law
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「有線放送」
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.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (ix-2)· applies throughout the law
simultaneous broadcasting
「放送同時配信等」
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.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (ix-7)· applies throughout the law
local incorporated administrative agencymachine translation
「地方独立行政法人」
A corporation that a local government (地方公共団体) sets up under the Local Independent Administrative Agency Act to carry out, efficiently and effectively, public work in its area that must be done reliably, that the local government need not do itself, and that it judges might not get done if left to the private sector, as Article 2(1) of that Act defines it.
Defined inArticle 13, paragraph (1), item (ii)
incorporated administrative agency
「独立行政法人」
An incorporated administrative agency as defined in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Act on General Rules for Incorporated Administrative Agencies: a corporation set up, as a medium-term objectives agency, a national research and development agency or an administrative execution agency, to carry out effectively and efficiently public work that must be done reliably, that the national government need not do itself, and that might not get done if left to the private sector or must be done by a single body.
Defined inArticle 13, paragraph (1), item (ii)
area-limited specified input-type automatic public transmissionmachine translation
「地域限定特定入力型自動公衆送信」
Specified input-type automatic public transmission (特定入力型自動公衆送信) meant to be received only within the broadcast's service area (放送対象地域) as defined in Article 91, paragraph (2), item (ii) of the Broadcasting Act or, for a broadcast with no service area set, within its broadcast area (放送区域) as defined in Article 14, paragraph (2), item (ii) of the Radio Act.
Defined inArticle 34, paragraph (1)
administrative adjudication proceedingsmachine translation
「行政審判手続」
In Article 40, paragraph (1) and Article 41-2, a trial or other procedure similar to court proceedings that an administrative agency (行政庁) conducts.
Defined inArticle 40, paragraph (1)· applies only in this provision and in Article 41-2