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Article 119

第百十九条

A person that infringes on a copyright, print rights, or neighboring rights (other than one that personally reproduces a work or performance, etc. for the purpose of private use as referred to in Article 30, paragraph (1) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 102, paragraph (1); same applies in paragraph (3)); one whose action is deemed to constitute infringement of a copyright, print rights, or neighboring rights pursuant to the provisions of Article 113, paragraphs (2), (3) or (6) through (8) (in cases under Article 113, paragraph (8), including rights deemed to be neighboring rights pursuant to the provisions of Article 113, paragraph (9); the same applies in Article 120-2, item (v)); one whose action is deemed to constitute infringement of a copyright or neighboring rights pursuant to the provisions of Article 113, paragraph (10); or a person set forth in item (iii) or (vi) of the following paragraph) is subject to imprisonment for a term of up to ten years, a fine of up to ten million yen, or both.

著作権、出版権又は著作隣接権を侵害した者(第三十条第一項(第百二条第一項において準用する場合を含む。第三項において同じ。)に定める私的使用の目的をもつて自ら著作物若しくは実演等の複製を行つた者、第百十三条第二項、第三項若しくは第六項から第八項までの規定により著作権、出版権若しくは著作隣接権(同項の規定による場合にあつては、同条第九項の規定により著作隣接権とみなされる権利を含む。第百二十条の二第五号において同じ。)を侵害する行為とみなされる行為を行つた者、第百十三条第十項の規定により著作権若しくは著作隣接権を侵害する行為とみなされる行為を行つた者又は次項第三号若しくは第六号に掲げる者を除く。)は、十年以下の拘禁刑若しくは千万円以下の罰金に処し、又はこれを併科する。

A person falling under any of the following items is subject to imprisonment for a term of up to five years, a fine of up to five million yen, or both:

次の各号のいずれかに該当する者は、五年以下の拘禁刑若しくは五百万円以下の罰金に処し、又はこれを併科する。

a person that infringes the moral rights of an author or the moral rights of a performer (other than one whose action is deemed to constitute infringement of an author's moral rights or a performer's moral rights pursuant to the provisions of Article 113, paragraph (8));

著作者人格権又は実演家人格権を侵害した者(第百十三条第八項の規定により著作者人格権又は実演家人格権を侵害する行為とみなされる行為を行つた者を除く。)

a person that, for commercial purposes, causes an automated duplicator referred to in Article 30, paragraph (1), item (i) to be used to reproduce a work or performance, etc. as constitutes an infringement of a copyright, print rights, or neighboring rights;

営利を目的として、第三十条第一項第一号に規定する自動複製機器を著作権、出版権又は著作隣接権の侵害となる著作物又は実演等の複製に使用させた者

a person that engages in an action that is deemed to constitute infringement of a copyright, print rights, or neighboring rights pursuant to the provisions of Article 113, paragraph (1);

第百十三条第一項の規定により著作権、出版権又は著作隣接権を侵害する行為とみなされる行為を行つた者

a person that presented a website, etc. facilitating the exploitation of an infringing work to the public (excluding a person that merely provided the opportunity to present to the public on a website, etc. that includes the website, etc. facilitating the exploitation of an infringing work and a considerable number of other websites, etc. (meaning the website, etc. provided in Article 113, paragraph (4); hereinafter the same applies in this item and the following item) (excluding cases where that person has, continuously for a considerable period of time and without reasonable grounds, failed to comply with a request from the copyright owner, etc. for the deletion of the infringing transmitter identification codes, etc. provided on the website, etc. facilitating the exploitation of an infringing work or there are other special circumstances under which the person's action is found to unreasonably prejudice the interests of the copyright owner, etc.))

侵害著作物等利用容易化ウェブサイト等の公衆への提示を行つた者(当該侵害著作物等利用容易化ウェブサイト等と侵害著作物等利用容易化ウェブサイト等以外の相当数のウェブサイト等(第百十三条第四項に規定するウェブサイト等をいう。以下この号及び次号において同じ。)とを包括しているウェブサイト等において、単に当該公衆への提示の機会を提供したに過ぎない者(著作権者等からの当該侵害著作物等利用容易化ウェブサイト等において提供されている侵害送信元識別符号等の削除に関する請求に正当な理由なく応じない状態が相当期間にわたり継続していたことその他の著作権者等の利益を不当に害すると認められる特別な事情がある場合を除く。)を除く。)

a person that made available or presented a computer program facilitating the exploitation of an infringing work to the public (excluding a person that merely provided the opportunity to make available or present the computer program facilitating the exploitation of an infringing work to the public on a website, etc. that includes the website, etc. used for making available or presenting the computer program to the public and a considerable number of other websites, etc. or on a website, etc. used for making available or presenting to the public the computer program facilitating the exploitation of an infringing work and a considerable number of computer programs (excluding cases where that person has, continuously for a considerable period of time and without reasonable grounds, failed to comply with a request from the copyright owner, etc. for the deletion of the infringing transmitter identification codes, etc. provided by means of the computer program facilitating the exploitation of an infringing work or there are other special circumstances under which the person's action is found to unreasonably prejudice the interests of the copyright owner, etc.));

侵害著作物等利用容易化プログラムの公衆への提供等を行つた者(当該公衆への提供等のために用いられているウェブサイト等とそれ以外の相当数のウェブサイト等とを包括しているウェブサイト等又は当該侵害著作物等利用容易化プログラム及び侵害著作物等利用容易化プログラム以外の相当数のプログラムの公衆への提供等のために用いられているウェブサイト等において、単に当該侵害著作物等利用容易化プログラムの公衆への提供等の機会を提供したに過ぎない者(著作権者等からの当該侵害著作物等利用容易化プログラムにより提供されている侵害送信元識別符号等の削除に関する請求に正当な理由なく応じない状態が相当期間にわたり継続していたことその他の著作権者等の利益を不当に害すると認められる特別な事情がある場合を除く。)を除く。)

a person that engages in an action that is deemed to constitute infringement of a copyright pursuant to the provisions of Article 113, paragraph (5).

第百十三条第五項の規定により著作権を侵害する行為とみなされる行為を行つた者

A person falling under one of the following items is subject to imprisonment for a term of up to two years, a fine of up to two million yen, or both:

次の各号のいずれかに該当する者は、二年以下の拘禁刑若しくは二百万円以下の罰金に処し、又はこれを併科する。

a person that infringes on a copyright or neighboring rights by digitally recording, for the purpose of private use as referred to in Article 30, paragraph (1), the sound or visuals of a fee-based recorded work (meaning a work or performance, etc. (limited to one that is the subject of a copyright or neighboring rights) that has undergone sound or visual recording and that is being made available or presented to the public for value (limited to those that are made available or presented to the public without infringing any copyrights or neighboring rights)) that has been transmitted to the public via an automatic public transmission that infringes on a copyright (including an automatic public transmission that is transmitted abroad and that would constitute copyright infringement if it were transmitted in Japan) or via an automatic public transmission through the action of making a work available for transmission that infringes neighboring rights (including the action of making a work available for transmission that is undertaken abroad and that would constitute neighboring rights infringement if it were undertaken in Japan) (hereinafter in this item and the following paragraph referred to as the "specified infringing sound or visual recording of a fee-based work"), knowing that the relevant action constitutes a specified infringing sound or visual recording of a fee-based work;

第三十条第一項に定める私的使用の目的をもつて、録音録画有償著作物等(録音され、又は録画された著作物又は実演等(著作権又は著作隣接権の目的となつているものに限る。)であつて、有償で公衆に提供され、又は提示されているもの(その提供又は提示が著作権又は著作隣接権を侵害しないものに限る。)をいう。)の著作権を侵害する自動公衆送信(国外で行われる自動公衆送信であつて、国内で行われたとしたならば著作権の侵害となるべきものを含む。)又は著作隣接権を侵害する送信可能化(国外で行われる送信可能化であつて、国内で行われたとしたならば著作隣接権の侵害となるべきものを含む。)に係る自動公衆送信を受信して行うデジタル方式の録音又は録画(以下この号及び次項において「有償著作物等特定侵害録音録画」という。)を、自ら有償著作物等特定侵害録音録画であることを知りながら行つて著作権又は著作隣接権を侵害した者

a person that continuously or repeatedly infringes on a copyright by digitally reproducing, for the purpose of private use as referred to in Article 30, paragraph (1), a work (limited to one that is the subject of a copyright; hereinafter the same applies in this item) that is being made available or presented to the public for value (limited to those that are made available or presented to the public without infringing any copyrights) and that has been transmitted to the public via an automatic public transmission that infringes on a copyright (excluding the rights provided in Article 28 (limited to those for a derivative work created by a method other than translation); hereinafter the same applies in this item and paragraph (5)) (including an automatic public transmission that is transmitted abroad and that would constitute copyright infringement if it were transmitted in Japan) (excluding sound and visual recording; hereinafter the same applies in this item) (excluding reproduction that is minor in light of the percentage of the reproduced part in the relevant work, the accuracy of indications made at the time the part is transmitted via automatic public transmission, and other elements; hereinafter in this item and paragraph (5) referred to as "specified infringing reproduction of a fee-based work"), knowing that the relevant action constitutes the specified infringing reproduction of a fee-based work (excluding cases where there are special reasons for finding that the action would not unreasonably prejudice the interests of the copyright owner in light of the nature or purpose of the work or the circumstances of the specified infringing reproduction of a fee-based work).

第三十条第一項に定める私的使用の目的をもつて、著作物(著作権の目的となつているものに限る。以下この号において同じ。)であつて有償で公衆に提供され、又は提示されているもの(その提供又は提示が著作権を侵害しないものに限る。)の著作権(第二十八条に規定する権利(翻訳以外の方法により創作された二次的著作物に係るものに限る。)を除く。以下この号及び第五項において同じ。)を侵害する自動公衆送信(国外で行われる自動公衆送信であつて、国内で行われたとしたならば著作権の侵害となるべきものを含む。)を受信して行うデジタル方式の複製(録音及び録画を除く。以下この号において同じ。)(当該著作物のうち当該複製がされる部分の占める割合、当該部分が自動公衆送信される際の表示の精度その他の要素に照らし軽微なものを除く。以下この号及び第五項において「有償著作物特定侵害複製」という。)を、自ら有償著作物特定侵害複製であることを知りながら行つて著作権を侵害する行為(当該著作物の種類及び用途並びに当該有償著作物特定侵害複製の態様に照らし著作権者の利益を不当に害しないと認められる特別な事情がある場合を除く。)を継続的に又は反復して行つた者

The person set forth in item (i) of the preceding paragraph must not be construed as including a person that infringes on a copyright or neighboring rights by undertaking the specified infringing sound or visual recording of a fee-based work through gross negligence in not knowing the fact that the relevant action constitutes the specified infringing audio or visual recording of a fee-based work

前項第一号に掲げる者には、有償著作物等特定侵害録音録画を、自ら有償著作物等特定侵害録音録画であることを重大な過失により知らないで行つて著作権又は著作隣接権を侵害した者を含むものと解釈してはならない。

The person set forth in paragraph (3), item (ii) must not be construed as including a person that continuously or repeatedly infringes on a copyright by undertaking the specified infringing reproduction of a fee-based work through gross negligence in not knowing the fact that the relevant action constitutes the specified infringing reproduction of a fee-based work.

第三項第二号に掲げる者には、有償著作物特定侵害複製を、自ら有償著作物特定侵害複製であることを重大な過失により知らないで行つて著作権を侵害する行為を継続的に又は反復して行つた者を含むものと解釈してはならない。

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