Chapter I General Provisions
第一章 総則
第一条（趣旨）
The purpose of this Act is to set forth the limitation of liability of specified telecommunications service providers for damages and the right to demand disclosure of sender identification information, where the rights of others are violated, etc. due to dissemination of information through specified telecommunications, and to set forth necessary matters for court proceedings in relation to a case of a sender identification information disclosure order, and also to set forth the obligations of large-scale specified telecommunications service providers for expediting the implementation procedures for measures for preventing transmission of violating information and ensuring transparency of the implementation status of transmission prevention measures.
この法律は、特定電気通信による情報の流通によって権利の侵害等があった場合について、特定電気通信役務提供者の損害賠償責任の制限及び発信者情報の開示を請求する権利について定めるとともに、発信者情報開示命令事件に関する裁判手続に関し必要な事項を定め、あわせて、侵害情報送信防止措置の実施手続の迅速化及び送信防止措置の実施状況の透明化を図るための大規模特定電気通信役務提供者の義務について定めるものとする。
第二条（定義）
In this Act, the meanings of the terms set forth in the following items are as prescribed respectively in those items:
この法律において、次の各号に掲げる用語の意義は、当該各号に定めるところによる。
the term "specified telecommunications" means transmitting information through telecommunications intended to be received by unspecified persons, telecommunications as defined in Article 2 item (i) of the Telecommunications Business Act (Law No. 86 of 1984); hereinafter the same applies in this item and Article 5 paragraph (3) (excluding transmitting information through telecommunications intended to be received directly by the public).
特定電気通信 不特定の者によって受信されることを目的とする電気通信（電気通信事業法（昭和五十九年法律第八十六号）第二条第一号に規定する電気通信をいう。以下この号及び第五条第三項において同じ。）の送信（公衆によって直接受信されることを目的とする電気通信の送信を除く。）をいう。
the term "specified telecommunications facilities" means telecommunications facilities (meaning telecommunications facilities as defined in Article 2, item (ii) of the Telecommunications Business Act; hereinafter the same applies in Article 5, paragraph (2)) which are used for specified telecommunications;
the term "specified telecommunications service" means telecommunications services (meaning telecommunications services as defined in Article 2, item (iii) of the Telecommunications Business Act; hereinafter the same applies in Article 5, paragraph (2)) provided by using specified telecommunications facilities;
the term "specified telecommunications service provider" means a person who provides specified telecommunications services;
特定電気通信役務提供者 特定電気通信役務を提供する者をいう。
the term "sender" means a person who records information in a recording medium of specified telecommunications facilities used by a specified telecommunications service provider (limited to cases in which the information recorded in the recording medium is transmitted to unspecified persons), or a person who inputs information into a transmission device of specified telecommunications facilities (limited to cases in which the information input into the transmission device is transmitted to unspecified persons).
発信者 特定電気通信役務提供者の用いる特定電気通信設備の記録媒体（当該記録媒体に記録された情報が不特定の者に送信されるものに限る。）に情報を記録し、又は当該特定電気通信設備の送信装置（当該送信装置に入力された情報が不特定の者に送信されるものに限る。）に情報を入力した者をいう。
the term "violating information" means the information by which a person alleges that the person's rights have been violated due to dissemination of information through specified telecommunications;
侵害情報 特定電気通信による情報の流通によって自己の権利を侵害されたとする者が当該権利を侵害したとする情報をいう。
the term "violating information, etc." means violating information, the allegedly violated rights, and the reason for which it is alleged that the rights have been violated;
侵害情報等 侵害情報、侵害されたとする権利及び権利が侵害されたとする理由をいう。
the term "measures for preventing transmission of violating information" means measures for preventing the transmission of violating information;
侵害情報送信防止措置 侵害情報の送信を防止する措置をいう。
the term "transmission prevention measures" means measures for preventing transmission of violating information and other measures for preventing transmission of information through specified telecommunications (including measures for preventing transmission of that information and also suspending the provision of specified telecommunications service to the sender of that information (referred to as "service suspension measures" in Article 26, paragraph (2), item (ii)));
送信防止措置 侵害情報送信防止措置その他の特定電気通信による情報の送信を防止する措置（当該情報の送信を防止するとともに、当該情報の発信者に対する特定電気通信役務の提供を停止する措置（第二十六条第二項第二号において「役務提供停止措置」という。）を含む。）をいう。
the term "sender identification information" means the name, address, and other information that contributes to the identification of the sender who dispatches violating information, as prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications;
the term "disclosure related service provider" means a specified telecommunications service provider prescribed in Article 5, paragraph (1) and the relevant telecommunications service provider prescribed in paragraph (2) of that Article;
開示関係役務提供者 第五条第一項に規定する特定電気通信役務提供者及び同条第二項に規定する関連電気通信役務提供者をいう。
the term "sender identification information disclosure order" means an order under the provisions of Article 8;
発信者情報開示命令 第八条の規定による命令をいう。
the term "case of a sender identification information disclosure order" means a case that involves a petition for a sender identification information disclosure order.
発信者情報開示命令事件 発信者情報開示命令の申立てに係る事件をいう。
the term "large-scale specified telecommunications service provider" means a specified telecommunications service provider designated pursuant to the provisions of Article 20, paragraph (1).
大規模特定電気通信役務提供者 第二十条第一項の規定により指定された特定電気通信役務提供者をいう。