A broadcaster may make an ephemeral sound or visual recording of a work that the broadcaster is permitted to broadcast or transmit via simultaneous broadcasting without prejudice to the right set forth in Article 23, paragraph (1), for its own broadcasts or simultaneous broadcasting (including simultaneous broadcasting undertaken by a simultaneous broadcasting service that has a close relationship with the broadcaster by receiving a broadcast program supplied by the broadcaster) by means of its own facilities or those of another broadcaster that is permitted to broadcast the same work or transmit it via simultaneous broadcasting.
A cablecaster may make an ephemeral sound or visual recording of a work that the cablecaster is permitted to cablecast or transmit via simultaneous broadcasting without prejudice to the right set forth in Article 23, paragraph (1), for its own cablecasts (except a cablecast it transmits based on the receipt of a broadcast) or simultaneous broadcasting (including simultaneous broadcasting undertaken by a simultaneous broadcasting service that has a close relationship with the cablecaster by receiving a cablecast program supplied by the cablecaster) by means of its own facilities.
A simultaneous broadcasting service may make an ephemeral sound or visual recording of a work that the service is permitted to transmit via simultaneous broadcasting without prejudice to the right set forth in Article 23, paragraph (1), for its own simultaneous broadcasting by means of its own facilities or those of a broadcaster or cablecaster that has a close relationship with the service.
It is not permissible to preserve a sound or visual recording made pursuant to the provisions of the preceding three paragraphs for a period exceeding six months after the recording (or six months after the broadcast, cablecast or transmission via simultaneous broadcasting, if the recording is broadcast, cablecast or transmitted via simultaneous broadcasting within the period of six months after the recording); provided, however, that this does not apply if a recording is preserved in official archives specified by Cabinet Order.
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(Right to Transmit to the Public)
The author of a work has the exclusive right to transmit to the public that work (this includes the right to make the work available for transmission, if the work is to be transmitted to the public…
著作者は、その著作物について、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。）を行う権利を専有する。
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A broadcaster may make an ephemeral sound or visual recording of a work that the broadcaster is permitted to broadcast or transmit via simultaneous broadcasting without prejudice to the right set…
放送事業者は、第二十三条第一項に規定する権利を害することなく放送し、又は放送同時配信等することができる著作物を、自己の放送又は放送同時配信等（当該放送事業者と密接な関係を有する放送同時配信等事業者が放送番組の供給を受けて行うものを含む。）のために、自己の手段又は当該著作物を同じく放送し…
Open this provision(Ephemeral Fixation by a Broadcaster or Cablecaster)
A cablecaster may make an ephemeral sound or visual recording of a work that the cablecaster is permitted to cablecast or transmit via simultaneous broadcasting without prejudice to the right set…
有線放送事業者は、第二十三条第一項に規定する権利を害することなく有線放送し、又は放送同時配信等することができる著作物を、自己の有線放送（放送を受信して行うものを除く。）又は放送同時配信等（当該有線放送事業者と密接な関係を有する放送同時配信等事業者が有線放送番組の供給を受けて行うものを含む。）のために、自己の手段により…
Open this provision(Ephemeral Fixation by a Broadcaster or Cablecaster)
A simultaneous broadcasting service may make an ephemeral sound or visual recording of a work that the service is permitted to transmit via simultaneous broadcasting without prejudice to the right…
放送同時配信等事業者は、第二十三条第一項に規定する権利を害することなく放送同時配信等することができる著作物を、自己の放送同時配信等のために、自己の手段又は自己と密接な関係を有する放送事業者若しくは有線放送事業者の手段により、一時的に録音し、又は録画することができる。
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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
broadcaster
「放送事業者」
A person who carries on broadcasting (放送) as a business.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (ix)· 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
cablecaster
「有線放送事業者」
A person who carries on cablecasting (有線放送) as a business.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (ix-3)· 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
close relationship
「密接な関係」
A close relationship in personnel or capital, of the kind the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs specifies, between a broadcaster or cablecaster and a simultaneous broadcasting service (放送同時配信等事業者).
Short name set inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (ix-8)
simultaneous broadcasting service
「放送同時配信等事業者」
A business that carries on simultaneous broadcasting (放送同時配信等) as a business, using broadcast or cablecast programs supplied by a broadcaster or cablecaster with which it has a close relationship (密接な関係).
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (ix-8)· applies throughout the law
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「録音」
Fixing sounds on a medium, or making further copies of such a fixation.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xiii)· applies throughout the law
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「録画」
Fixing a sequence of images on a medium, or making further copies of such a fixation.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xiv)· 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