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Article 121

第百二十一条

A person that distributes copies of a work that use the true name of a person other than the author or the pseudonym by which a person other than the author is commonly known, to indicate the name of the author (including copies of derivative works that use the true name of a person other than the author of the original work or the pseudonym by which a person other than the author of the original work is commonly known, to indicate the name of the original author) is subject to imprisonment for a term of up to one year, a fine of up to one million yen, or both.

著作者でない者の実名又は周知の変名を著作者名として表示した著作物の複製物(原著作物の著作者でない者の実名又は周知の変名を原著作物の著作者名として表示した二次的著作物の複製物を含む。)を頒布した者は、一年以下の拘禁刑若しくは百万円以下の罰金に処し、又はこれを併科する。

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