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Article 16Authorship of a Cinematographic Work

第十六条(映画の著作物の著作者)

The author of a cinematographic work is the person that makes a creative contribution to the overall shaping of the work through responsibility for its production, direction, staging, filming, art direction, etc., other than the author of a novel, scenario, music, or other work that is adapted into or reproduced in the cinematographic work; provided, however, that this does not apply if the provisions of the preceding Article apply.

映画の著作物の著作者は、その映画の著作物において翻案され、又は複製された小説、脚本、音楽その他の著作物の著作者を除き、制作、監督、演出、撮影、美術等を担当してその映画の著作物の全体的形成に創作的に寄与した者とする。ただし、前条の規定の適用がある場合は、この限りでない。

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