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Article 53The Term of Protection for Works Attributed to an Organization

第五十三条(団体名義の著作物の保護期間)

The copyright to a work whose authorship is attributed to a corporation or other organization subsists for a period of 70 years after the work is made public (or for a period of 70 years after the creation of the work, if the work is not made public within 70 years of its creation).

法人その他の団体が著作の名義を有する著作物の著作権は、その著作物の公表後七十年(その著作物がその創作後七十年以内に公表されなかつたときは、その創作後七十年)を経過するまでの間、存続する。

The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply if the individual who is the author of a work whose authorship is attributed to a corporation or other corporate body, makes the work public and uses that individual's true name or the pseudonym by which that individual is commonly known to indicate the name of the author, within the period referred to in the preceding paragraph.

前項の規定は、法人その他の団体が著作の名義を有する著作物の著作者である個人が同項の期間内にその実名又は周知の変名を著作者名として表示してその著作物を公表したときは、適用しない。

With respect to the duration of copyright for a work whose authorship has been attributed to a corporation or other corporate body pursuant to the provisions of Article 15, paragraph (2), even if such a work does not fall under the category of works provided for in paragraph (1), it is deemed to be attributed to the relevant corporate body, and the provisions of paragraph (1) apply.

第十五条第二項の規定により法人その他の団体が著作者である著作物の著作権の存続期間に関しては、第一項の著作物に該当する著作物以外の著作物についても、当該団体が著作の名義を有するものとみなして同項の規定を適用する。

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