The owner of print rights exclusively holds all or part of the following rights to the work that is subject to those print rights, pursuant to the act of establishment:
出版権者は、設定行為で定めるところにより、その出版権の目的である著作物について、次に掲げる権利の全部又は一部を専有する。
the right to reproduce the unaltered original work for the purpose of distribution, as a piece of writing or as a picture, by printing it or by other mechanical or chemical means (including the right to reproduce the unaltered work as an electronic or magnetic record recorded on a recording medium in a format provided for in Article 79, paragraph (1));
the right to transmit the unaltered work to the public using a copy of that work that has been recorded on a recording medium in a format provided for in Article 79, paragraph (1).
Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, if the author of a work dies during the life of the print rights, or, unless otherwise stipulated in the act of establishment, after three years have passed since the first act of printing or act of public transmission (referred to as the "act of printing or public transmission" in Article 83, paragraph (2) and Article 84, paragraph (3)) following the establishment of the print rights, the owner of the reproduction rights or public transmission rights may reproduce such work or transmit such work to the public by compiling the relevant work in a complete collection of works or other compilation (limited to one in which only the works of that author are compiled).
The owner of print rights may authorize another person to reproduce the work that is the subject of those print rights or transmit that work to the public only after having obtained the consent of the owner of reproduction rights or public transmission rights.
The provisions of Article 63, paragraphs (2), (3) and (6) and Article 63-2 apply mutatis mutandis to cases provided for in the preceding paragraph. In this case, the term "the copyright owner" in paragraph (3) of Article 63 is deemed to be replaced with "the owner of reproduction rights or public transmission rights and the owner of print rights provided in Article 79, paragraph (1)" and the phrase "Article 23, paragraph (1)" in paragraph (6) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "Article 80, paragraph (1) (limited to the part concerned with item (ii))".
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(Right to Transmit to the Public)
The author of a work has the exclusive right to transmit to the public that work (this includes the right to make the work available for transmission, if the work is to be transmitted to the public…
著作者は、その著作物について、公衆送信（自動公衆送信の場合にあつては、送信可能化を含む。）を行う権利を専有する。
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A right of exploitation may be asserted against a person that has acquired the copyright for a work that is subject to the right of exploitation or any other third party.
利用権は、当該利用権に係る著作物の著作権を取得した者その他の第三者に対抗することができる。
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A person that obtains the authorization referred to in the preceding paragraph is entitled to exploit the work to which that authorization pertains within the scope of the manner and conditions of…
前項の許諾を得た者は、その許諾に係る利用方法及び条件の範囲内において、その許諾に係る著作物を利用することができる。
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A right of exploitation (meaning the right to exploit a work under the authorization referred to in paragraph (1) pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph; the same applies in the…
利用権（第一項の許諾に係る著作物を前項の規定により利用することができる権利をいう。次条において同じ。）は、著作権者の承諾を得ない限り、譲渡することができない。
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The provisions of Article 23, paragraph (1) do not apply to a person that has obtained the authorization referred to in paragraph (1) to make a work available for transmission…
著作物の送信可能化について第一項の許諾を得た者が、その許諾に係る利用方法及び条件（送信可能化の回数又は送信可能化に用いる自動公衆送信装置に係るものを除く。）の範囲内において反復して又は他の自動公衆送信装置を用いて行う当該著作物の送信可能化については、第二十三条第一項の規定は、適用しない。
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The owner of the right set forth in Article 21 or Article 23, paragraph (1) (hereinafter in this Chapter referred to as "the owner of reproduction rights or public transmission rights") may establish…
第二十一条又は第二十三条第一項に規定する権利を有する者（以下この章において「複製権等保有者」という。）は、その著作物について、文書若しくは図画として出版すること（電子計算機を用いてその映像面に文書又は図画として表示されるようにする方式により記録媒体に記録し、当該記録媒体に記録された当該著作物の複製物により頒布すること…
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The owner of print rights exclusively holds all or part of the following rights to the work that is subject to those print rights, pursuant to the act of establishment:
出版権者は、設定行為で定めるところにより、その出版権の目的である著作物について、次に掲げる権利の全部又は一部を専有する。
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the right to transmit the unaltered work to the public using a copy of that work that has been recorded on a recording medium in a format provided for in Article 79, paragraph (1).
原作のまま前条第一項に規定する方式により記録媒体に記録された当該著作物の複製物を用いて公衆送信を行う権利
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The owner of print rights may authorize another person to reproduce the work that is the subject of those print rights or transmit that work to the public only after having obtained the consent of…
出版権者は、複製権等保有者の承諾を得た場合に限り、他人に対し、その出版権の目的である著作物の複製又は公衆送信を許諾することができる。
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Unless otherwise stipulated in the act of establishment, print rights expire on the day on which three years have elapsed following the first act of printing or public transmission is undertaken…
出版権は、その存続期間につき設定行為に定めがないときは、その設定後最初の出版行為等があつた日から三年を経過した日において消滅する。
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If the convictions of an author that is the owner of reproduction rights or public transmission rights come to differ from the content of the author's own work…
複製権等保有者である著作者は、その著作物の内容が自己の確信に適合しなくなつたときは、その著作物の出版行為等を廃絶するために、出版権者に通知してその出版権を消滅させることができる。ただし、当該廃絶により出版権者に通常生ずべき損害をあらかじめ賠償しない場合は、この限りでない。
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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
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「公衆送信」
Transmitting by radio or wire communication so that the public receives it directly, other than transmitting by telecommunications equipment whose parts are all within the same premises (or, where several occupy the premises, within the area one occupies), unless what is sent is a computer program work.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (vii-2)· applies throughout the law
reproduction
「複製」
Reproducing a work in tangible form by printing, photography, photocopying, sound or visual recording or any other means; for a script or similar work for the stage it includes recording a stage performance, broadcast or cablecast of it, and for an architectural work it includes completing a building according to its architectural drawings.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xv)· applies throughout the law
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「頒布」
Transferring or renting copies to the public, whether for payment or free; for a cinematographic work, or a work reproduced in one, it also includes transferring or renting copies of the film for the purpose of showing those works to the public.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xix)· applies throughout the law
electronic or magnetic record
「電磁的記録」
A record made in electronic, magnetic or any other form people cannot perceive directly, for use in computer processing.
Defined inArticle 31, paragraph (2), item (ii)
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「公衆送信行為」
In Article 80, paragraph (2) and Article 81, item (ii), transmitting a work to the public (other than by broadcasting or cablecasting, and including making it available for transmission) using a copy of it recorded on a recording medium in a form that lets a computer display it on screen as text or pictures.
Short name set inArticle 79, paragraph (1)· applies only in this provision and in Article 80, paragraph (2); and Article 81, paragraph (1), item (ii)
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「出版行為」
In Article 80, paragraph (2) and Article 81, item (i), publishing a work as text or pictures, including recording it on a recording medium in a form that lets a computer display it on screen as text or pictures and distributing copies so recorded.
Short name set inArticle 79, paragraph (1)· applies only in this provision and in Article 80, paragraph (2); and Article 81, paragraph (1), item (i)
owner of reproduction rights or public transmission rightsmachine translation
「複製権等保有者」
In Chapter III, a person who holds the reproduction right in Article 21 or the public transmission right in Article 23, paragraph (1) of a work, and who may grant print rights (出版権) in it.
Short name set inArticle 79, paragraph (1)· applies only in this chapter
act of printing or public transmission
「出版行為等」
In Article 83, paragraph (2) and Article 84, paragraph (3), an act of printing (出版行為) or an act of public transmission (公衆送信行為) of the work.
Short name set inArticle 80, paragraph (2)· applies only in this provision and in Article 83, paragraph (2); and Article 84, paragraph (3)