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Article 3Publication of Works

第三条(著作物の発行)

A work has been published if the person that owns the right set forth in Article 21, a person authorized thereby (meaning the person is authorized to exploit a work pursuant to the provisions of Article 63, paragraph (1); the same applies hereinafter in this and the following Chapter, except this paragraph, Article 4, paragraph (1), Article 4-2 and Article 63), a person in favor of whom the print rights set forth in Article 79 have been established, or a person authorized thereby to reproduce such work (meaning the person is authorized to reproduce a work pursuant to the provisions of Article 80, paragraph (3); the same applies hereinafter) makes and distributes copies of the work in quantities that are reasonably sufficient for meeting public demand, commensurate with the nature of the work (limited to when the person does so without prejudice to the rights of the person that owns the rights set forth in Article 26, Article 26-2, paragraph (1), or Article 26-3).

著作物は、その性質に応じ公衆の要求を満たすことができる相当程度の部数の複製物が、第二十一条に規定する権利を有する者若しくはその許諾(第六十三条第一項の規定による利用の許諾をいう。以下この項、次条第一項、第四条の二及び第六十三条を除き、以下この章及び次章において同じ。)を得た者又は第七十九条の出版権の設定を受けた者若しくはその複製許諾(第八十条第三項の規定による複製の許諾をいう。以下同じ。)を得た者によつて作成され、頒布された場合(第二十六条、第二十六条の二第一項又は第二十六条の三に規定する権利を有する者の権利を害しない場合に限る。)において、発行されたものとする。

An original work is deemed to have been published if the person that, pursuant to the provisions of Article 28, owns the same right to the relevant work as the one prescribed in Article 21 or a person authorized thereby makes and distributes copies of a translation of that original work which constitutes a derivative work, in the quantity provided for in the preceding paragraph (limited to when the person does so without prejudice to the rights of the person that, pursuant to the provisions of Article 28, owns the same right to the relevant work as a right set forth in Article 26, Article 26-2, paragraph (1), or Article 26-3).

二次的著作物である翻訳物の前項に規定する部数の複製物が第二十八条の規定により第二十一条に規定する権利と同一の権利を有する者又はその許諾を得た者によつて作成され、頒布された場合(第二十八条の規定により第二十六条、第二十六条の二第一項又は第二十六条の三に規定する権利と同一の権利を有する者の権利を害しない場合に限る。)には、その原著作物は、発行されたものとみなす。

The person that would own a right referred to in either of the preceding two paragraphs if the work were protected under this Act and a person authorized thereby to exploit the work are, respectively, deemed to be the person that owns that right and the person authorized thereby, and the provisions of those paragraphs apply.

著作物がこの法律による保護を受けるとしたならば前二項の権利を有すべき者又はその者からその著作物の利用の承諾を得た者は、それぞれ前二項の権利を有する者又はその許諾を得た者とみなして、前二項の規定を適用する。

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