Supplementary Provisions, Article 2Transitional Measures for the Importation of Commercial Phonograms
第二条（商業用レコードの輸入等についての経過措置）
The provisions of Article 113, paragraph (5) of the post-amendment Copyright Act do not apply to a commercial phonogram for foreign distribution provided for in that paragraph which is imported before this Act comes into effect and which a person possesses for the purpose of distribution at the time this Act comes into effect.
改正後の著作権法第百十三条第五項の規定は、この法律の施行前に輸入され、この法律の施行の際現に頒布の目的をもって所持されている同項に規定する国外頒布目的商業用レコードについては、適用しない。
(Acts Deemed to Constitute Infringement)
If the owner of a copyright or neighboring rights that personally publishes or allows another person to publish a commercial phonogram intended for distribution in Japan…
国内において頒布することを目的とする商業用レコード（以下この項において「国内頒布目的商業用レコード」という。）を自ら発行し、又は他の者に発行させている著作権者又は著作隣接権者が、当該国内頒布目的商業用レコードと同一の商業用レコードであつて…
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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
commercial phonogram for foreign distribution
「国外頒布目的商業用レコード」
In Article 113, paragraph (10), a commercial phonogram (商業用レコード) identical to one intended for distribution in Japan but intended exclusively for distribution abroad.
Short name set inArticle 113, paragraph (10)· applies only in this paragraph