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Article 67-3Exploitation of Unmanaged Works Made Public, etc.

第六十七条の三(未管理公表著作物等の利用)

A person who intends to exploit an unmanaged work made public, etc. may, if all of the following items are satisfied, exploit that unmanaged work made public, etc. in accordance with the compulsory license, after obtaining a compulsory license from the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs and depositing for the copyright owner compensation in an amount fixed by the Commissioner in consideration of an amount equivalent to the ordinary rate of royalties.

未管理公表著作物等を利用しようとする者は、次の各号のいずれにも該当するときは、文化庁長官の裁定を受け、かつ、通常の使用料の額に相当する額を考慮して文化庁長官が定める額の補償金を著作権者のために供託して、当該裁定の定めるところにより、当該未管理公表著作物等を利用することができる。

the person has been unable to confirm the intention of the copyright owner as to whether the exploitation of that unmanaged work made public, etc. is permitted, even though the person has taken the measures prescribed by the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs as measures for confirming that intention.

当該未管理公表著作物等の利用の可否に係る著作権者の意思を確認するための措置として文化庁長官が定める措置をとつたにもかかわらず、その意思の確認ができなかつたこと。

it is not clear that the author intends to discontinue the publication or other exploitation of that unmanaged work made public, etc.

著作者が当該未管理公表著作物等の出版その他の利用を廃絶しようとしていることが明らかでないこと。

An unmanaged work made public, etc. as prescribed in the preceding paragraph means a work made public, etc. that falls under none of the following items:

前項に規定する未管理公表著作物等とは、公表著作物等のうち、次の各号のいずれにも該当しないものをいう。

one in respect of which the copyright in that work made public, etc. is managed by a copyright management service;

当該公表著作物等に関する著作権について、著作権等管理事業者による管理が行われているもの

one for which information necessary for smoothly confirming the intention of the copyright owner as to whether the exploitation of that work made public, etc. is permitted, as prescribed by the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs, has been disclosed by a method prescribed by the Commissioner.

文化庁長官が定める方法により、当該公表著作物等の利用の可否に係る著作権者の意思を円滑に確認するために必要な情報であつて文化庁長官が定めるものの公表がされているもの

A person who intends to obtain the compulsory license referred to in paragraph (1) (hereinafter in this Article referred to as the "compulsory license") must submit to the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs a written application stating the title of the work subject to the compulsory license, the name of the author and other information necessary to identify the work, the method and period of exploiting the work, the matters that are to serve as the basis for calculating the amount of compensation, and any other matters specified by Order of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, attaching the following materials:

第一項の裁定(以下この条において「裁定」という。)を受けようとする者は、裁定に係る著作物の題号、著作者名その他の当該著作物を特定するために必要な情報、当該著作物の利用方法及び利用期間、補償金の額の算定の基礎となるべき事項その他文部科学省令で定める事項を記載した申請書に、次に掲げる資料を添えて、これを文化庁長官に提出しなければならない。

materials that make a prima facie showing that the work is an unmanaged work made public, etc.;

当該著作物が未管理公表著作物等であることを疎明する資料

materials that make a prima facie showing that the work falls under each item of paragraph (1);

第一項各号に該当することを疎明する資料

other materials specified by Order of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, in addition to those set forth in the preceding two items.

前二号に掲げるもののほか、文部科学省令で定める資料

The following matters are to be fixed in a compulsory license:

裁定においては、次に掲げる事項を定めるものとする。

the method of exploiting the work subject to that compulsory license;

当該裁定に係る著作物の利用方法

the period during which the work subject to that compulsory license may be exploited;

当該裁定に係る著作物を利用することができる期間

other matters specified by Order of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, in addition to those set forth in the preceding two items.

前二号に掲げるもののほか、文部科学省令で定める事項

The period referred to in item (ii) of the preceding paragraph must be within the scope of the exploitation period stated in the written application referred to in paragraph (3), and must not exceed three years.

前項第二号の期間は、第三項の申請書に記載された利用期間の範囲内かつ三年を限度としなければならない。

The provisions of Article 67, paragraph (4) and paragraphs (6) through (10) apply mutatis mutandis to a compulsory license. In this case, the phrase "the items of paragraph (5)" in paragraph (7), item (i) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "the items of Article 67-3, paragraph (4)", and the phrase "paragraph (5), item (i)" in paragraph (8), item (ii) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "Article 67-3, paragraph (4), items (i) and (ii)".

第六十七条第四項及び第六項から第十項までの規定は、裁定について準用する。この場合において、同条第七項第一号中「第五項各号」とあるのは「第六十七条の三第四項各号」と、同条第八項第二号中「第五項第一号」とあるのは「第六十七条の三第四項第一号及び第二号」と読み替えるものとする。

If the copyright owner of the work subject to a compulsory license has taken measures necessary for receiving requests for consultation from the person who obtained that compulsory license regarding the exploitation of that work, such as entrusting the management of the copyright in that work to a copyright management service, or making public a point of contact for receiving requests for consultation regarding the exploitation of that work and other information, the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs may rescind that compulsory license at the request of that copyright owner. In this case, the Commissioner must in advance notify the person who obtained that compulsory license of the reasons and give that person an opportunity to explain and to submit favorable evidence.

裁定に係る著作物の著作権者が、当該著作物の著作権の管理を著作権等管理事業者に委託すること、当該著作物の利用に関する協議の求めを受け付けるための連絡先その他の情報を公表することその他の当該著作物の利用に関し当該裁定を受けた者からの協議の求めを受け付けるために必要な措置を講じた場合には、文化庁長官は、当該著作権者の請求により、当該裁定を取り消すことができる。この場合において、文化庁長官は、あらかじめ当該裁定を受けた者にその理由を通知し、弁明及び有利な証拠の提出の機会を与えなければならない。

When the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs has rescinded a compulsory license pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Commissioner must notify the person who obtained that compulsory license and the copyright owner referred to in the preceding paragraph of that fact, the compensation amount up to revocation prescribed in the following paragraph, and other matters specified by Order of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

文化庁長官は、前項の規定により裁定を取り消したときは、その旨及び次項に規定する取消時補償金相当額その他の文部科学省令で定める事項を当該裁定を受けた者及び前項の著作権者に通知しなければならない。

In the case prescribed in the preceding paragraph, the copyright owner may receive repayment, out of the amount of compensation deposited pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) in respect of the right to receive the compensation referred to in that paragraph, of the amount corresponding to the period from the date of the compulsory license to the day before the date of the disposition rescinding it (hereinafter in this Article referred to as the "compensation amount up to revocation").

前項に規定する場合においては、著作権者は、第一項の補償金を受ける権利に関し同項の規定により供託された補償金の額のうち、当該裁定のあつた日からその取消しの処分のあつた日の前日までの期間に対応する額(以下この条において「取消時補償金相当額」という。)について弁済を受けることができる。

In the case prescribed in paragraph (8), the person who deposited the compensation referred to in paragraph (1) may recover the portion of the amount of that compensation that exceeds the compensation amount up to revocation.

第八項に規定する場合においては、第一項の補償金を供託した者は、当該補償金の額のうち、取消時補償金相当額を超える額を取り戻すことができる。

Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), the deposit under that paragraph is not required if the national or local government or equivalent corporation seeks to exploit an unmanaged work made public, etc. pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph. In this case, if requested by the copyright owner, the national or local government or equivalent corporation must pay the copyright owner compensation in the amount fixed by the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph (or, in the case prescribed in paragraph (8), the compensation amount up to revocation).

国等が第一項の規定により未管理公表著作物等を利用しようとするときは、同項の規定にかかわらず、同項の規定による供託を要しない。この場合において、国等は、著作権者から請求があつたときは、同項の規定により文化庁長官が定める額(第八項に規定する場合にあつては、取消時補償金相当額)の補償金を著作権者に支払わなければならない。

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