Act on Measures against Infringement of Rights, etc. Arising from the Distribution of Information through Specified Telecommunications

The parties to a case and any third party that makes a prima facie showing of interest in the case may file a request with the court clerk to inspect or copy the case record, to issue an authenticated copy, transcript, or extracthard-copy case records (meaning the portion of the case records of the case record, or to issue a certificate of of a sender identification information disclosure order excluding the particulars of theelectronic or magnetic case record prescribed in paragraph (1) of the sender identification information disclosure orderfollowing Article; the same applies hereinafter in this Article), or to issue an authenticated copy, transcript, or extract of the hard-copy case records.

The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply with respect to case records of thehard-copy case of a sender identification information disclosure orderrecords that are being prepared in the form of audiotapes or videotapes (including any other matters that have been recorded by means equivalent thereto). Nevertheless, the relevant parties or a third party that makes a prima facie showing of interest may file a request with the court clerk for a reproduction of these matters.

The request for inspection, copying and reproduction of records of ahard-copy case of a sender identification information disclosure orderrecords pursuant to the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs may not be filed if these actions would be detrimental to the preservation of the case record or the performance of the court duties.

The parties to a case and any third party that makes a prima facie showing of interest in the case may file a request with the court clerk, as provided by the Rules of the Supreme Court, for inspection of the content of an electronic or magnetic case record (meaning the portion of the case records of the case of a sender identification information disclosure order that pertains to matters recorded in a file (referred to simply as the "file" in Article 17, paragraph (2)) provided on a computer used by the court (including input-output devices; the same applies in the following paragraph, paragraph (3) and the following Article) pursuant to the provisions of this Act or other laws and regulations; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) as displayed by a method specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court.

The parties to a case and any third party that makes a prima facie showing of interest in the case may file a request with the court clerk, as provided by the Rules of the Supreme Court, for the copying of matters recorded in an electronic or magnetic case record by a method specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court, such as recording them in a file provided on a computer used by that person using an electronic data processing system specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court (meaning an electronic data processing system connecting a computer used by the court and a computer used by the other party to the procedure by a telecommunications line; the same applies in the following paragraph and the following Article).

The parties to a case and any third party that makes a prima facie showing of interest in the case may file a request with the court clerk, as provided by the Rules of the Supreme Court, for the delivery of a document stating all or part of the matters recorded in an electronic or magnetic case record, with respect to which the court clerk has certified by a method specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court that the content of the document is identical to the matters recorded in the electronic or magnetic case record, or for the provision of an electronic or magnetic record recording all or part of those matters, with respect to which the court clerk has certified by a method specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court that the content of the electronic or magnetic record is identical to the matters recorded in the electronic or magnetic case record, by a method specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court, such as recording it in a file provided on a computer used by that person using an electronic data processing system specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court.

The provisions of paragraph (3) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to a request for inspection and copying of electronic or magnetic case records pursuant to the provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2).

The parties to a case and any third party that makes a prima facie showing of interest in the case may file a request with the court clerk, as provided by the Rules of the Supreme Court, for the delivery of a document stating the particulars of the case of a sender identification information disclosure order, with respect to which the court clerk has certified those particulars by a method specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court, or for the provision of an electronic or magnetic record recording those particulars, with respect to which the court clerk has certified those particulars by a method specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court, by a method specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court, such as recording it in a file provided on a computer used by that person using an electronic data processing system specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court.