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, that this does not apply if the action would unreasonably prejudice the interests of the copyright owner in light of the nature and purpose of the work, the number of copies that would be made, and the circumstances of its reproduction.
It is permissible to make a public transmission of a work (including making it available for transmission, in the case of automatic public transmission; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph, the following Article, and Article 42-2, paragraph (2)) or to publicly communicate it through a receiver, to the extent that this is found to be necessary for judicial proceedings under the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure (Act No. 109 of 1996) or other laws specified by Cabinet Order, and for administrative adjudication proceedings under the provisions of the Patent Act (Act No. 121 of 1959) or other laws specified by Cabinet Order, which are conducted using electronic or magnetic records or accompanied by the transmission and reception of images or sounds; provided, however, that this does not apply if the action would unreasonably prejudice the interests of the copyright owner in light of the nature and purpose of the work and the circumstances of its public transmission or communication.
著作物は、民事訴訟法（平成八年法律第百九号）その他政令で定める法律の規定による裁判手続及び特許法（昭和三十四年法律第百二十一号）その他政令で定める法律の規定による行政審判手続であつて、電磁的記録を用いて行い、又は映像若しくは音声の送受信を伴つて行うもののために必要と認められる限度において、公衆送信（自動公衆送信の場合にあつては、送信可能化を含む。以下この項、次条及び第四十二条の二第二項において同じ。）を行い、又は受信装置を用いて公に伝達することができる。ただし、当該著作物の種類及び用途並びにその公衆送信又は伝達の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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Reproduction for Judicial Proceedings; Related Matters
It is permissible to make a public transmission of a work (including making it available for transmission, in the case of automatic public transmission; hereinafter the same applies in this…
著作物は、民事訴訟法（平成八年法律第百九号）その他政令で定める法律の規定による裁判手続及び特許法（昭和三十四年法律第百二十一号）その他政令で定める法律の規定による行政審判手続であつて、電磁的記録を用いて行い、又は映像若しくは音声の送受信を伴つて行うもののために必要と認められる限度において…
Open this provisionReproduction as Internal Materials for Legislative or Administrative Purposes; Related Matters
It is permissible to reproduce a work or, with persons who use the internal materials, to make a public transmission of it or publicly communicate it through a receiver…
著作物は、立法又は行政の目的のために内部資料として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、複製し、又は当該内部資料を利用する者との間で公衆送信を行い、若しくは受信装置を用いて公に伝達することができる。
Open this provisionReproduction for Examination and Similar Proceedings; Related Matters
It is permissible to make a public transmission of a work or to publicly communicate it through a receiver, to the extent that this is found to be necessary for the proceedings set forth in the items…
著作物は、電磁的記録を用いて行い、又は映像若しくは音声の送受信を伴つて行う前項各号に掲げる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、公衆送信を行い、又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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「公衆送信」
Transmitting by radio or wire communication so that the public receives it directly, other than transmitting by telecommunications equipment whose parts are all within the same premises (or, where several occupy the premises, within the area one occupies), unless what is sent is a computer program work.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (vii-2)· applies throughout the law
automatic public transmission
「自動公衆送信」
A transmission to the public (公衆送信) made automatically in response to requests from the public, other than broadcasting or cablecasting.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (ix-4)· applies throughout the law
available for transmission
「送信可能化」
Making something capable of being sent by automatic public transmission (自動公衆送信), either by recording or inputting information into an automatic public transmission server connected to a telecommunications network used by the public (or adding or converting a recording medium to serve as that server's), or by connecting to such a network a server that already holds or receives the information.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (ix-5)· applies throughout the law
reproduction
「複製」
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.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xv)· applies throughout the law
work
「著作物」
In Subsection 5 of Section 3 of Chapter II, a work (著作物) in the narrow sense that is the subject of a copyright, not the wider 著作物等 (works, performances, phonograms, broadcasts and cablecasts) that the Ministry's English also calls 'work'.
Short name set inArticle 30, paragraph (1)· applies only in this subsection
electronic or magnetic record
「電磁的記録」
A record made in electronic, magnetic or any other form people cannot perceive directly, for use in computer processing.
Defined inArticle 31, paragraph (2), item (ii)
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