Article 33-2Printing of Works in Alternative Teaching Materials to Textbooks
第三十三条の二(教科用図書代替教材への掲載等)
It is permissible to print a work that has been printed in a textbook in alternative teaching materials for textbooks (meaning teaching materials provided for in Article 34, paragraph (2) of the School Education Act that may be exploited pursuant to Article 34, paragraph (2) or (3) of that Act (including cases where these provisions are applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 49; Article 49-8; Article 62; Article 70, paragraph (1); and Article 82 of that Act; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph); hereinafter the same applies in this and the following paragraph) and exploit that work in line with the exploitation of the alternative teaching materials for textbooks, irrespective of the manner in which that work is exploited, to the extent that this is found to be necessary for the purpose of school education.
A person that prints a work that has been printed in a textbook in alternative teaching materials to textbooks pursuant to the provision of the preceding paragraph must inform the person that publishes the relevant textbook of this in advance and pay compensation to the copyright owner in the amount calculated based on a method established by the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs in consideration of the purport of the provision of that paragraph, the circumstances of that work and how that work is exploited under that paragraph, the amount of compensation provided for in paragraph (2) of the preceding Article, and other conditions.
When the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs has established the method referred to in the preceding paragraph, the commissioner announces this using the internet or by any other appropriate method.
文化庁長官は、前項の算出方法を定めたときは、これをインターネットの利用その他の適切な方法により公表するものとする。
Article 33-3Reproduction in Order to Prepare a Large-Print Textbook
第三十三条の三(教科用拡大図書等の作成のための複製等)
In order to make a work printed in a textbook available for the leaning purposes of children or students who have difficulty using such a work printed in a textbook due to a visual impairment, developmental disorder, or other disabilities, it is permissible to reproduce the work with enlarged letters, illustrations and the like, or by any other means necessary for those children or students to use that work.
A person that seeks to prepare textbooks or any other copies in which works are reproduced pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph (excluding copies in which the works are reproduced in Braille, and limited to copies in which all of or a considerable part of the works printed in the relevant textbook are reproduced; hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as a "large-print textbook, etc.") must inform the person that publishes the relevant textbook of this in advance; and, if the person distributes the large-print textbooks, etc. commercially, the person must pay the owners of the copyrights to the relevant works compensation in the amount calculated based on a method established by the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs in proportion to the amount of compensation provided for in Article 33, paragraph (2).
When the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs has established the calculation method referred to in the preceding paragraph, the commissioner announces this using the internet or by any other appropriate method.
文化庁長官は、前項の算出方法を定めたときは、これをインターネットの利用その他の適切な方法により公表するものとする。
A person that provides electronic or magnetic records of the works printed in a textbook pursuant to the provisions of Article 5, paragraph (1) or (2) of the Act to Accelerate the Dissemination of School Textbooks for Children and Students with Disabilities (Act No. 81 of 2008) may exploit those works, to the extent that is found to be necessary in order for the person to provide those electronic or magnetic records.
Article 34Broadcasting of Educational Programs for Schools
第三十四条(学校教育番組の放送等)
It is permissible for a person to broadcast or cablecast a work that has been made public, in broadcast or cablecast programming for schools that conforms to the curriculum standards provided for in laws and regulations on school education; to transmit the work via area-limited specified input-type automatic public transmission (meaning specified input-type automatic public transmission made with the objective of allowing an exclusive audience within the service area that the programming is intended for (meaning a service area as provided in Article 91, paragraph (2), item (ii) of the Broadcasting Act (Act No. 132 of 1950) or, if a service area is not specified for the broadcast, meaning a broadcast area as provided in Article 14, paragraph (2), item (ii) of the Radio Act (Act No. 131 of 1950)) to receive it; the same applies hereinafter); or to transmit the work via simultaneous broadcasting (limited to simultaneous broadcasting undertaken by a broadcaster, cablecaster or simultaneous broadcasting service; the same applies in Article 38, paragraph (3), Article 39, and Article 40, paragraphs (2) and (3)); and to print such a work in teaching materials for that broadcast programming or cablecast programming, to the extent that this is found to be necessary for the purpose of school education.
公表された著作物は、学校教育の目的上必要と認められる限度において、学校教育に関する法令の定める教育課程の基準に準拠した学校向けの放送番組又は有線放送番組において放送し、有線放送し、地域限定特定入力型自動公衆送信(特定入力型自動公衆送信のうち、専ら当該放送に係る放送対象地域(放送法(昭和二十五年法律第百三十二号)第九十一条第二項第二号に規定する放送対象地域をいい、これが定められていない放送にあつては、電波法(昭和二十五年法律第百三十一号)第十四条第二項第二号に規定する放送区域をいう。)において受信されることを目的として行われるものをいう。以下同じ。)を行い、又は放送同時配信等(放送事業者、有線放送事業者又は放送同時配信等事業者が行うものに限る。第三十八条第三項、第三十九条並びに第四十条第二項及び第三項において同じ。)を行い、及び当該放送番組用又は有線放送番組用の教材に掲載することができる。
Article 35Reproduction in Schools and Other Educational Institutions; Related Matters
第三十五条(学校その他の教育機関における複製等)
A person in charge of teaching or a person taking classes at a school or other educational institution (except one founded for commercial purposes) may reproduce a work that has been made public or transmit that work to the public (including making that work available for transmission, if it is to be transmitted to the public via automatic public transmission; hereinafter the same applies in this Article), or publicly communicate a work that has been made public and is transmitted to the public through a receiver to the extent that is found to be necessary if the purpose of doing so is exploitation in the course of those classes; 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, public transmission, or transmission.
If a work is transmitted to the public pursuant to the provision of the preceding paragraph, a person that establishes an educational institution referred to in that paragraph must pay the copyright owner a reasonable amount of compensation.
The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply if, in the course of the classes at an educational institution referred to in paragraph (1), the original or copies of a work that has been made public are made available or presented to persons who directly attend a class and thus exploited, or if that work is exploited through a stage performance, musical performance, on-screen presentation, or recitation for those persons pursuant to the provisions of Article 38, paragraph (1), and that work is transmitted to the public for any persons taking that class simultaneously at a place other than that where the class is being held.
Article 36Reproduction for Examination Questions; Related Matters
第三十六条(試験問題としての複製等)
It is permissible to reproduce a work that has been made public in a question on an entrance examination or other examination or in an official certification of knowledge or skills, to the extent that this is found to be necessary for such purpose, and to transmit to the public such a question (except in a broadcast or cablecast; however, it is permissible to make such a question available for transmission, if it is to be transmitted to the public via automatic public transmission; the same applies in the following paragraph); provided, however, that this does not apply if the action would unreasonably prejudice the interests of the copyright owner in light of the nature or purpose of the work or the circumstances of its transmission.
A person that, for commercial purposes, reproduces a work or transmits it to the public as referred to in the preceding paragraph must pay the copyright owner compensation in an amount that corresponds to the ordinary rate of royalties.
It is permissible to reproduce in Braille a work that has been made public.
It is permissible to use a computerized Braille processing system to record a work that has been made public onto a recording medium or transmit to the public such a work (except in a broadcast or cablecast; however, it is permissible to make the work available for transmission, if it is to be transmitted to the public via automatic public transmission; the same applies in the following paragraph).
A person set forth by Cabinet Order that engages in an undertaking related to the welfare of persons for whom it is difficult to perceive visual renderings due to a visual or other impairment (hereinafter in this paragraph and in Article 102, paragraph (4) any such person is referred to as a "person with a visual or vision-related impairment") may reproduce a work that has been made public and that is made available or presented to the public in a rendered form that is perceived visually (including a work that has been made public and that is made available or presented to the public in a form that is perceived both visually and through other senses) (including a work other than the work in question which is reproduced therein or which is made available or presented to the public in a body united with the former work; hereinafter in this paragraph and in Article 102, paragraph (4) referred to as a "visual work"), and may transmit such a visual work to the public by changing texts in the visual work into sounds or in any other form that is necessary to allow the visual work to be used by persons with visual and vision-related impairments who have difficulty in using that visual work in its visual form, within the limits that are found to be necessary in order to provide the visual work for their exclusive use; provided, however, that this does not apply if the visual work has already been made available or presented to the public in such a form by the copyright owner, a person authorized thereby, a person in favor of whom the print rights set forth in Article 79 have been established, a person authorized thereby to reproduce the visual work, or a person authorized thereby to transmit the visual work to the public.
視覚障害その他の障害により視覚による表現の認識が困難な者(以下この項及び第百二条第四項において「視覚障害者等」という。)の福祉に関する事業を行う者で政令で定めるものは、公表された著作物であつて、視覚によりその表現が認識される方式(視覚及び他の知覚により認識される方式を含む。)により公衆に提供され、又は提示されているもの(当該著作物以外の著作物で、当該著作物において複製されているものその他当該著作物と一体として公衆に提供され、又は提示されているものを含む。以下この項及び同条第四項において「視覚著作物」という。)について、専ら視覚障害者等で当該方式によつては当該視覚著作物を利用することが困難な者の用に供するために必要と認められる限度において、当該視覚著作物に係る文字を音声にすることその他当該視覚障害者等が利用するために必要な方式により、複製し、又は公衆送信を行うことができる。ただし、当該視覚著作物について、著作権者又はその許諾を得た者若しくは第七十九条の出版権の設定を受けた者若しくはその複製許諾若しくは公衆送信許諾を得た者により、当該方式による公衆への提供又は提示が行われている場合は、この限りでない。
Article 37-2Reproduction for Persons with Hearing Impairments; Related Matters
第三十七条の二(聴覚障害者等のための複製等)
The person set forth by Cabinet Order for each type of exploitation set forth in the following items that engages in an undertaking related to the welfare of persons with hearing impairments and other persons whose perception of aural renderings is impaired (hereinafter in this Article and in paragraph (5) of the following Article referred to as "persons with hearing impairments, etc.") may exploit a work that has been made public and that is made available or presented to the public in a rendered form that is perceived aurally (including a work that has been made public and that is made available or presented to the public in a form that is perceived aurally and through other senses) (including a work other than the work in question which is reproduced therein, or which is made available or presented to the public in a body united with the former work; hereinafter in this Article referred to as an "aural work"), in the way set forth in the relevant item, within the limits that are found to be necessary in order to provide the aural work for exclusive use by persons with hearing impairments, etc. who have difficulty in using that aural work in its aural form; provided, however, that this does not apply if the aural work has already been made available or presented to the public in the necessary form for persons with hearing impairments, etc. to be able to use it, by the copyright owner, a person authorized thereby, a person in favor of whom the print rights set forth in Article 79 have been established, a person authorized thereby to reproduce the visual work, or a person authorized thereby to transmit the visual work to the public:
聴覚障害者その他聴覚による表現の認識に障害のある者(以下この条及び次条第五項において「聴覚障害者等」という。)の福祉に関する事業を行う者で次の各号に掲げる利用の区分に応じて政令で定めるものは、公表された著作物であつて、聴覚によりその表現が認識される方式(聴覚及び他の知覚により認識される方式を含む。)により公衆に提供され、又は提示されているもの(当該著作物以外の著作物で、当該著作物において複製されているものその他当該著作物と一体として公衆に提供され、又は提示されているものを含む。以下この条において「聴覚著作物」という。)について、専ら聴覚障害者等で当該方式によつては当該聴覚著作物を利用することが困難な者の用に供するために必要と認められる限度において、それぞれ当該各号に掲げる利用を行うことができる。ただし、当該聴覚著作物について、著作権者又はその許諾を得た者若しくは第七十九条の出版権の設定を受けた者若しくはその複製許諾若しくは公衆送信許諾を得た者により、当該聴覚障害者等が利用するために必要な方式による公衆への提供又は提示が行われている場合は、この限りでない。
reproducing an aural work or transmitting it via automatic public transmission (this includes making it available for transmission) by changing sounds in the aural work into texts or in any other form that is necessary to allow the work to be used by persons with hearing impairments, etc.;
reproducing an aural work solely for the purpose of renting it to persons with hearing impairments, etc. (limited to when this is done in conjunction with the reproduction of the sounds in the aural work by changing the sounds into texts or in any other form that is necessary to allow the aural work to be used by persons with hearing impairments, etc.).
Article 38Stage Performances for Non-Commercial Purposes
第三十八条(営利を目的としない上演等)
It is permissible to publicly give a stage performance or a musical performance, make an on-screen presentation, or give a recitation of a work that has been made public, if this is done for non-commercial purposes and without charging a fee to the listening or viewing audience; provided, however, that this does not apply if a performer or reciter is paid any remuneration for the stage performance, musical performance, on-screen presentation, or recitation.
It is permissible to cablecast a broadcast work or to transmit such a work via area-limited specified input-type automatic public transmission for non-commercial purposes and without charging a fee to the listening or viewing audience, with the objective of allowing an exclusive audience within the service area that the broadcast is intended for to receive that broadcast.
放送される著作物は、営利を目的とせず、かつ、聴衆又は観衆から料金を受けない場合には、有線放送し、又は地域限定特定入力型自動公衆送信を行うことができる。
It is permissible to publicly communicate a work that is broadcast, cablecast, transmitted via specified input-type automatic public transmission or transmitted via simultaneous broadcasting (excluding simultaneous broadcasting that commences after the broadcast or cablecast is finished), through a receiver for non-commercial purposes and without charging a fee to the listening or viewing audience. The same applies if the work is communicated publicly through a receiver commonly used in a household.
It is permissible to make available to the public a work that has been made public (except a cinematographic work) by renting out copies of that work (if the work is one that has been reproduced in a cinematographic work, this excludes making that work available to the public by renting out copies of the cinematographic work), if this is done for non-commercial purposes and without charging a fee to persons renting copies of the work.
An audiovisual education facility or any other facility (excluding one set in place for commercial purposes), designated by Cabinet Order, that aims to offer cinematographic films and other audiovisual materials for public use, or a person, provided for by Cabinet Order as referred to in the preceding Article, that is engaged in an undertaking related to the welfare of persons with hearing impairments, etc. (limited to a person concerned with item (ii) of that Article, and excluding a person that engages in that undertaking for commercial purposes) may distribute a cinematographic work that has been made public, by renting out copies of it, if it does so without charging a fee to the persons renting copies of the work. In this case, the person distributing the work must pay a reasonable amount of compensation to the owner of the right set forth in Article 26 (including paying such compensation to the person that, pursuant to the provisions of Article 28, owns the same right to the relevant work as the right set forth in Article 26) for the cinematographic work or the work reproduced in that cinematographic work.
映画フィルムその他の視聴覚資料を公衆の利用に供することを目的とする視聴覚教育施設その他の施設(営利を目的として設置されているものを除く。)で政令で定めるもの及び聴覚障害者等の福祉に関する事業を行う者で前条の政令で定めるもの(同条第二号に係るものに限り、営利を目的として当該事業を行うものを除く。)は、公表された映画の著作物を、その複製物の貸与を受ける者から料金を受けない場合には、その複製物の貸与により頒布することができる。この場合において、当該頒布を行う者は、当該映画の著作物又は当該映画の著作物において複製されている著作物につき第二十六条に規定する権利を有する者(第二十八条の規定により第二十六条に規定する権利と同一の権利を有する者を含む。)に相当な額の補償金を支払わなければならない。