Supplementary Provisions, Article 2Transitional Measures with Regard to the Scope of Application
第二条(適用範囲についての経過措置)
Provisions of the post-amendment Copyright Act (hereinafter referred to as "the new Act") that concern copyright do not apply to a work for which the entirety of the copyright under the pre-amendment Copyright Act (hereinafter referred to as "the former Act") has expired as of the time this Act comes into effect.
If part of the copyright to a work under the former Act has expired as of the time this Act comes into effect, the corresponding provisions of the new Act that concern the expired part of the copyright do not apply to that work.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Articles 7 and 8 of the new Act, the provisions of the Copyright Act that concern neighboring rights (including the provisions of Articles 94-2 and 95; Article 95-3, paragraphs (3) and (4); Article 97; and Article 97-3, paragraphs (3) through (5)) apply to a performance that takes place before this Act comes into effect (excluding a performance falling under one of the items of Article 7 of the new Act) and to a phonogram in which sounds are first fixed before this Act comes into effect (excluding a phonogram falling under one of the items of Article 8 of the new Act) for which a copyright under the former Act exists at the time this Act comes into effect.