Section 1 Works
第一節 著作物
第十条（著作物の例示）
The following gives an illustrative example of what is meant, on the whole, by the term "works" as it is used in this Act:
この法律にいう著作物を例示すると、おおむね次のとおりである。
paintings, woodblock prints, sculptures, and other works of fine art;
絵画、版画、彫刻その他の美術の著作物
maps and other diagrams of an academic nature, such as plans, charts, and models;
地図又は学術的な性質を有する図面、図表、模型その他の図形の著作物
photographic works;
News reports on current events and miscellaneous news articles that communicate nothing further than the facts do not fall within the scope of works provided for in item (i) of the preceding paragraph.
Protection under this Act for a work set forth in paragraph (1), item (ix) does not extend to the programming language, coding conventions, or algorithms used to create the work. In this case, the meanings of these terms are as prescribed in the following items:
"programming language" means letters and other symbols used as a means of expressing a computer program and the systems for their use;
プログラム言語 プログラムを表現する手段としての文字その他の記号及びその体系をいう。
"coding conventions" means special stipulations for the use of a programming language provided for in the preceding item in a specific computer program;
"algorithm" means a procedure in a computer program, which consists of a set of instructions for the computer.
解法 プログラムにおける電子計算機に対する指令の組合せの方法をいう。
第十一条（二次的著作物）
Protection of a derivative work under this Act does not affect the rights of the author of the original work.
第十二条（編集著作物）
The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not affect the rights of the author of a work that forms part of a compilation as referred to in that paragraph.
第十二条の二（データベースの著作物）
The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not affect the rights of the author of a work that forms part of a database as referred to in that paragraph.
Article 13Works Not Subject to Copyright
第十三条（権利の目的とならない著作物）
The following works are not subject to the rights provided for in this Chapter:
次の各号のいずれかに該当する著作物は、この章の規定による権利の目的となることができない。
the Constitution and other laws and regulations;
憲法その他の法令
notifications, instructions, circular notices, and other similar materials issued by a national or local government agency, an independent administrative agency (meaning an incorporated administrative agency provided for in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Act on General Rules for Independent Administrative Agencies (Act No. 103 of 1999); the same applies hereinafter), or a local independent administrative agency (meaning a local incorporated administrative agency provided for in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Local Independent Administrative Agencies Act (Act No. 118 of 2003); the same applies hereinafter);
国若しくは地方公共団体の機関、独立行政法人（独立行政法人通則法（平成十一年法律第百三号）第二条第一項に規定する独立行政法人をいう。以下同じ。）又は地方独立行政法人（地方独立行政法人法（平成十五年法律第百十八号）第二条第一項に規定する地方独立行政法人をいう。以下同じ。）が発する告示、訓令、通達その他これらに類するもの
judgments, decisions, orders, and rulings of the courts, as well as administrative determinations and decisions made by administrative agencies in proceedings of a quasi-judicial nature;
裁判所の判決、決定、命令及び審判並びに行政庁の裁決及び決定で裁判に準ずる手続により行われるもの
translations and compilations of the materials listed in the preceding three items, which are made by a national or local government agency, independent administrative agency, or local independent administrative agency.
Section 2 Authors
第二節 著作者
Article 14Presumption of Authorship
第十四条（著作者の推定）
The person whose name or appellation (hereinafter referred to as "true name"), or whose pen name, abbreviated name, or other substitute for the person's true name by which that person is commonly known (hereinafter referred to as a "pseudonym") is indicated as the name of the author in the customary manner on the original work or at the time that the work is made available or presented to the public is presumed to be the author of that work.
Article 15Authorship of a Work Made in the Course of Duty
第十五条（職務上作成する著作物の著作者）
For a work (except computer programming) that an employee of a corporation or other employers (hereinafter in this Article such a corporation or other employers are referred to as a "corporation, etc.") makes in the course of duty at the initiative of the corporation, etc., and that the corporation, etc. makes public as a work of its own authorship, the author is the corporation, etc., so long as it is not stipulated otherwise in a contract, in employment rules, or elsewhere at the time the work is made.
For a work of computer programming that an employee of a corporation, etc. makes at the initiative of the corporation, etc. in the course of duty, the author is the corporation, etc., so long as it is not stipulated otherwise in a contract, in employment rules, or elsewhere at the time the work is made.
Article 16Authorship of a Cinematographic Work
第十六条（映画の著作物の著作者）
The author of a cinematographic work is the person that makes a creative contribution to the overall shaping of the work through responsibility for its production, direction, staging, filming, art direction, etc., other than the author of a novel, scenario, music, or other work that is adapted into or reproduced in the cinematographic work; provided, however, that this does not apply if the provisions of the preceding Article apply.
Section 3 The Substance of Rights
第三節 権利の内容
Subsection 1 General Rules
第一款 総則
第十七条（著作者の権利）
The author of a work enjoys the rights provided for in paragraph (1) of the following Article; Article 19, paragraph (1); and Article 20, paragraph (1) (hereinafter referred to as the "moral rights of an author"), as well as the rights provided for in Articles 21 through 28 (hereinafter referred to as a "copyright").
著作者は、次条第一項、第十九条第一項及び第二十条第一項に規定する権利（以下「著作者人格権」という。）並びに第二十一条から第二十八条までに規定する権利（以下「著作権」という。）を享有する。
Enjoyment of the moral rights of an author and of a copyright requires no formalities.