Once a commercial phonogram has been sold for the first time in Japan and three years have elapsed since the date of its first sale, a person seeking to make a sound recording of a musical work whose sound has been recorded onto that phonogram with the authorization of the copyright owner and to thereby produce a different commercial phonogram may, if all of the following items are satisfied, make such a sound recording or make such a commercial phonogram available to the public through its transfer pursuant to a compulsory license by the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs and after paying compensation to the copyright owner in the amount that has been fixed by the Commissioner as equivalent to the ordinary rate of royalties.
the person has requested the copyright owner to agree to authorize that person to make such a sound recording or to make such a commercial phonogram available to the public through its transfer, but an agreement cannot be reached or deliberations about this cannot be entered into;
it is not clear that the author intends to discontinue the sound recording or other exploitation of that musical work.
The provisions of paragraphs (3) and (4) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the compulsory license referred to in the preceding paragraph.
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(Broadcasting of Works)
Upon receipt of an application for the compulsory license referred to in paragraph (1), the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs must notify the copyright owner affected by the application…
文化庁長官は、第一項の裁定の申請があつたときは、その旨を当該申請に係る著作権者に通知し、相当の期間を指定して、意見を述べる機会を与えなければならない。
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The provisions of Article 67, paragraphs (4), (6) and (7) apply mutatis mutandis to the compulsory license referred to in paragraph (1).
第六十七条第四項、第六項及び第七項の規定は、第一項の裁定について準用する。この場合において、同条第七項中「申請者」とあるのは「申請者及び著作権者」と、同項第一号中「第五項各号に掲げる事項」とあるのは「その旨」と読み替えるものとする。
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Once a commercial phonogram has been sold for the first time in Japan and three years have elapsed since the date of its first sale, a person seeking to make a sound recording of a musical work whose…
商業用レコードが最初に国内において販売され、かつ、その最初の販売の日から三年を経過した場合において、当該商業用レコードに著作権者の許諾を得て録音されている音楽の著作物を録音して他の商業用レコードを製作しようとする者は、次の各号のいずれにも該当するときは、文化庁長官の裁定を受け、かつ…
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「著作物」
A creative expression of thoughts or feelings falling within the literary, academic, artistic or musical domain — a work in the narrow sense, as distinct from 著作物等 (works, performances, phonograms, broadcasts and cablecasts), which the Ministry's English also calls 'work'.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (i)· applies throughout the law
author
「著作者」
The person who creates a work (著作物).
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (ii)· applies throughout the law
commercial phonogram
「商業用レコード」
A copy of a phonogram (レコード) produced for sale on the market.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (vii)· applies throughout the law
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「録音」
Fixing sounds on a medium, or making further copies of such a fixation.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xiii)· applies throughout the law
in Japan
「国内」
The area in which this Act is in force, that is, Japan.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xxiv)· applies throughout the law
the public
「公衆」
The public, including a large number of specific persons and not only people at large.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (5)· applies throughout the law