# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第八章 (Chapter 8)

- Law: 著作権法 (Copyright Act), 昭和四十五年法律第四十八号
- English title "Copyright Act": Ministry of Justice translation
- Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say.
- Provision: 第八章 (Chapter 8) — address `ch-8`
- Text: the text that was the law from 2018-07-13 until 2018-12-29 — NO LONGER in force (revision 20180713_430AC0000000072)
- URL (this text's page, at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-8
- The same address in the text in force (its wording there may differ): https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/ch-8
- Every provision below carries its address and its place on this text's page on the line under it.
- Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below.

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## 第八章　罰則 — Chapter VIII Penal Provisions
<sup>heading: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>ch-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-8</sup>

### 第百十九条
<sup>art-119 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-8#art-119</sup>

**第一項**  著作権、出版権又は著作隣接権を侵害した者（第三十条第一項（第百二条第一項において準用する場合を含む。第三項において同じ。）に定める私的使用の目的をもつて自ら著作物若しくは実演等の複製を行つた者、第百十三条第三項の規定により著作権若しくは著作隣接権（同条第四項の規定により著作隣接権とみなされる権利を含む。第百二十条の二第三号において同じ。）を侵害する行為とみなされる行為を行つた者、第百十三条第五項の規定により著作権若しくは著作隣接権を侵害する行為とみなされる行為を行つた者又は次項第三号若しくは第四号に掲げる者を除く。）は、十年以下の懲役若しくは千万円以下の罰金に処し、又はこれを併科する。
<sup>art-119/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-8#art-119/par-1</sup>
A person that infringes on a copyright, print rights, or neighboring rights (other than one that personally carries out reproduction of a work or performance, etc. for the purpose of private use as referred to in Article 30, paragraph (1) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 102, paragraph (1); the same applies in paragraph (3)); one whose action is deemed to constitute infringement of a copyright or neighboring rights (including rights deemed to be neighboring rights pursuant to the provisions of Article 113, paragraph (4); the same applies in Article 120-2, item (iii)) pursuant to the provisions of Article 113, paragraph (3); one whose action is deemed to constitute infringement of a copyright or neighboring rights pursuant to the provisions of Article 113, paragraph (5); or a person set forth in item (iii) or (iv) of the following paragraph) is subject to imprisonment with work for a term of up to ten years, a fine of up to ten million yen, or both.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  次の各号のいずれかに該当する者は、五年以下の懲役若しくは五百万円以下の罰金に処し、又はこれを併科する。
<sup>art-119/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-8#art-119/par-2</sup>
A person falling under any of the following items is subject to imprisonment with work for a term of up to five years, a fine of up to five million yen, or both:
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **一**  著作者人格権又は実演家人格権を侵害した者（第百十三条第三項の規定により著作者人格権又は実演家人格権を侵害する行為とみなされる行為を行つた者を除く。）
  <sup>art-119/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-8#art-119/par-2/item-1</sup>
  a person that infringes the moral rights of an author or the moral rights of performers (other than one whose action is deemed to constitute infringement of the moral rights of an author or the moral rights of performers pursuant to the provisions of Article 113, paragraph (3));
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **二**  営利を目的として、第三十条第一項第一号に規定する自動複製機器を著作権、出版権又は著作隣接権の侵害となる著作物又は実演等の複製に使用させた者
  <sup>art-119/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-8#art-119/par-2/item-2</sup>
  a person that, for commercial purposes, causes an automated duplicator referred to in Article 30, paragraph (1), item (i) to be used to reproduce a work or performance, etc. as constitutes an infringement of a copyright, print rights, or neighboring rights;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **三**  第百十三条第一項の規定により著作権、出版権又は著作隣接権を侵害する行為とみなされる行為を行つた者
  <sup>art-119/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-8#art-119/par-2/item-3</sup>
  a person that engages in an action that is deemed to constitute infringement of a copyright, print rights, or neighboring rights pursuant to the provisions of Article 113, paragraph (1);
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **四**  第百十三条第二項の規定により著作権を侵害する行為とみなされる行為を行つた者
  <sup>art-119/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-8#art-119/par-2/item-4</sup>
  a person that engages in an action that is deemed to constitute infringement of a copyright pursuant to the provisions of Article 113, paragraph (2).
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第三項**  第三十条第一項に定める私的使用の目的をもつて、有償著作物等（録音され、又は録画された著作物又は実演等（著作権又は著作隣接権の目的となつているものに限る。）であつて、有償で公衆に提供され、又は提示されているもの（その提供又は提示が著作権又は著作隣接権を侵害しないものに限る。）をいう。）の著作権又は著作隣接権を侵害する自動公衆送信（国外で行われる自動公衆送信であつて、国内で行われたとしたならば著作権又は著作隣接権の侵害となるべきものを含む。）を受信して行うデジタル方式の録音又は録画を、自らその事実を知りながら行つて著作権又は著作隣接権を侵害した者は、二年以下の懲役若しくは二百万円以下の罰金に処し、又はこれを併科する。
<sup>art-119/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-8#art-119/par-3</sup>
A person that infringes on a copyright or neighboring rights by making a digital sound recording or visual recording of an automatic public transmission that infringes on the copyright or neighboring rights of a fee-based work (meaning a work or performance, etc. that has undergone sound or visual recording (limited to one that is the subject of a copyright or neighboring rights) and that is being made available or presented to the public for value (limited to those that are made available or presented to the public without infringing any copyrights or neighboring rights); including an automatic public transmission that is made abroad and that would constitute infringement of a copyright or neighboring rights if it were made in Japan) by receiving that transmission, for the purpose of private use as referred to in Article 30, paragraph (1), while knowing that fact personally, is subject to imprisonment with work for a term of up to two years, a fine of up to two million yen, or both.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第百二十条
<sup>art-120 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-8#art-120</sup>

**第一項**  第六十条又は第百一条の三の規定に違反した者は、五百万円以下の罰金に処する。
<sup>art-120/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-8#art-120/par-1</sup>
A person that violates the provisions of Article 60 or Article 101-3 is subject to a fine of up to five million yen.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第百二十条の二
<sup>art-120-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-8#art-120-2</sup>

**第一項**  次の各号のいずれかに該当する者は、三年以下の懲役若しくは三百万円以下の罰金に処し、又はこれを併科する。
<sup>art-120-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-8#art-120-2/par-1</sup>
A person falling under one of the following items is subject to imprisonment with work for a term of up to three years, a fine of up to three million yen, or both:
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **一**  技術的保護手段の回避を行うことをその機能とする装置（当該装置の部品一式であつて容易に組み立てることができるものを含む。）若しくは技術的保護手段の回避を行うことをその機能とするプログラムの複製物を公衆に譲渡し、若しくは貸与し、公衆への譲渡若しくは貸与の目的をもつて製造し、輸入し、若しくは所持し、若しくは公衆の使用に供し、又は当該プログラムを公衆送信し、若しくは送信可能化する行為（当該装置又は当該プログラムが当該機能以外の機能を併せて有する場合にあつては、著作権等を侵害する行為を技術的保護手段の回避により可能とする用途に供するために行うものに限る。）をした者
  <sup>art-120-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-8#art-120-2/par-1/item-1</sup>
  a person that transfers or rents to the public a device with a function that circumvents technological protection measures (including an easily assembled set of parts for such a device) or copies of a computer program with a function that circumvents technological protection measures; manufactures, imports, or possesses such a device or copies of such a computer program for the purpose of transfer or renting out to the public; or offers such a device or copies of such a computer program for public use; or a person that transmits to the public that computer program or makes it available for transmission (if the device or program has functions other than such circumvention functions, this is limited to if the device or program is used to enable the infringement of a copyright, etc. through the circumvention of technological protection measures);
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **二**  業として公衆からの求めに応じて技術的保護手段の回避を行つた者
  <sup>art-120-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-8#art-120-2/par-1/item-2</sup>
  a person that, in the course of trade, carries out the circumvention of technological protection measures at the request of the public;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **三**  営利を目的として、第百十三条第三項の規定により著作者人格権、著作権、実演家人格権又は著作隣接権を侵害する行為とみなされる行為を行つた者
  <sup>art-120-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-8#art-120-2/par-1/item-3</sup>
  a person that, for commercial purposes, engages in an action that is deemed to constitute infringement of the moral rights of an author, a copyright, the moral rights of performers, or neighboring rights pursuant to the provisions of Article 113, paragraph (3);
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **四**  営利を目的として、第百十三条第五項の規定により著作権又は著作隣接権を侵害する行為とみなされる行為を行つた者
  <sup>art-120-2/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-8#art-120-2/par-1/item-4</sup>
  a person that, for commercial purposes, engages in an action that is deemed to constitute an infringement of a copyright or neighboring rights pursuant to the provisions of Article 113, paragraph (5).
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第百二十一条
<sup>art-121 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-8#art-121</sup>

**第一項**  著作者でない者の実名又は周知の変名を著作者名として表示した著作物の複製物（原著作物の著作者でない者の実名又は周知の変名を原著作物の著作者名として表示した二次的著作物の複製物を含む。）を頒布した者は、一年以下の懲役若しくは百万円以下の罰金に処し、又はこれを併科する。
<sup>art-121/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-8#art-121/par-1</sup>
A person that distributes copies of a work that use the true name of a person other than the author or the pseudonym by which a person other than the author is commonly known, to indicate the name of the author (including copies of derivative works that use the true name of a person other than the author of the original work or the pseudonym by which a person other than the author of the original work is commonly known, to indicate the name of the original author) is subject to imprisonment with work for a term of up to one year, a fine of up to one million yen, or both.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第百二十一条の二
<sup>art-121-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-8#art-121-2</sup>

**第一項**  次の各号に掲げる商業用レコード（当該商業用レコードの複製物（二以上の段階にわたる複製に係る複製物を含む。）を含む。）を商業用レコードとして複製し、その複製物を頒布し、その複製物を頒布の目的をもつて所持し、又はその複製物を頒布する旨の申出をした者（当該各号の原盤に音を最初に固定した日の属する年の翌年から起算して五十年を経過した後において当該複製、頒布、所持又は申出を行つた者を除く。）は、一年以下の懲役若しくは百万円以下の罰金に処し、又はこれを併科する。
<sup>art-121-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-8#art-121-2/par-1</sup>
A person that reproduces, as a commercial phonogram, a commercial phonogram as set forth in either of the following items (or a copy of such a commercial phonogram (this includes a copy that is two or more intervening reproductions removed from such a commercial phonogram)), distributes copies of a commercial phonogram so reproduced, possesses such copies for the purpose of distribution, or offers to distribute such copies (except for a person that engages in the relevant reproduction, distribution, possession, or offer after 50 years have passed, counting from the year after that in which the sound is first fixed into the master referred to in the relevant item) is subject to imprisonment with work for a term of up to one year, a fine of up to one million yen, or both:
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **一**  国内において商業用レコードの製作を業とする者が、レコード製作者からそのレコード（第八条各号のいずれかに該当するものを除く。）の原盤の提供を受けて製作した商業用レコード
  <sup>art-121-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-8#art-121-2/par-1/item-1</sup>
  a commercial phonogram that a person in the business of producing commercial phonograms in Japan produces from the master of a phonogram (other than a phonogram falling under one of the items of Article 8) that is made available by the producer of that phonogram;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **二**  国外において商業用レコードの製作を業とする者が、実演家等保護条約の締約国の国民、世界貿易機関の加盟国の国民又はレコード保護条約の締約国の国民（当該締約国の法令に基づいて設立された法人及び当該締約国に主たる事務所を有する法人を含む。）であるレコード製作者からそのレコード（第八条各号のいずれかに該当するものを除く。）の原盤の提供を受けて製作した商業用レコード
  <sup>art-121-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-8#art-121-2/par-1/item-2</sup>
  a commercial phonogram that a person in the business of producing commercial phonograms abroad produces from the master of a phonogram (other than a phonogram falling under one of the items of Article 8) that is made available by the producer of that phonogram that is the national of a Contracting State of the Convention for the Protection of Performers, etc., the national of a World Trade Organization Member State, or the national of a Contracting State of the Convention for the Protection of Phonograms (the nationals of a Contracting State include corporations established based on the laws and regulations of that State and corporations that have principal offices in that State).
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第百二十二条
<sup>art-122 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-8#art-122</sup>

**第一項**  第四十八条又は第百二条第二項の規定に違反した者は、五十万円以下の罰金に処する。
<sup>art-122/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-8#art-122/par-1</sup>
A person that violates the provisions of Article 48 or Article 102, paragraph (2) is subject to a fine of up to five hundred thousand yen.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第百二十二条の二
<sup>art-122-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-8#art-122-2</sup>

**第一項**  秘密保持命令に違反した者は、五年以下の懲役若しくは五百万円以下の罰金に処し、又はこれを併科する。
<sup>art-122-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-8#art-122-2/par-1</sup>
A person that violates a confidentiality protective order is subject to imprisonment with work for a term of up to five years, a fine of up to five million yen, or both.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  前項の罪は、国外において同項の罪を犯した者にも適用する。
<sup>art-122-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-8#art-122-2/par-2</sup>
The offence referred to in the preceding paragraph is also applicable if a person commits the offence referred to in that paragraph abroad.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第百二十三条
<sup>art-123 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-8#art-123</sup>

**第一項**  第百十九条、第百二十条の二第三号及び第四号、第百二十一条の二並びに前条第一項の罪は、告訴がなければ公訴を提起することができない。
<sup>art-123/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-8#art-123/par-1</sup>
Prosecution may not be instituted for the offence referred to in Article 119; Article 120-2, items (iii) and (iv); Article 121-2; and paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, unless an accusation is filed by the injured party.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  無名又は変名の著作物の発行者は、その著作物に係る前項の罪について告訴をすることができる。ただし、第百十八条第一項ただし書に規定する場合及び当該告訴が著作者の明示した意思に反する場合は、この限りでない。
<sup>art-123/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-8#art-123/par-2</sup>
The publisher of an anonymous work or a work under a pseudonym may file an accusation in connection with an offense referred to in the preceding paragraph involving such a work; provided, however, that this does not apply in cases specified in the proviso to Article 118, paragraph (1), or if the accusation is contrary to the express will of the author.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第百二十四条
<sup>art-124 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-8#art-124</sup>

**第一項**  法人の代表者（法人格を有しない社団又は財団の管理人を含む。）又は法人若しくは人の代理人、使用人その他の従業者が、その法人又は人の業務に関し、次の各号に掲げる規定の違反行為をしたときは、行為者を罰するほか、その法人に対して当該各号に定める罰金刑を、その人に対して各本条の罰金刑を科する。
<sup>art-124/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-8#art-124/par-1</sup>
If the representative of a corporation (including the administrator of an association or foundation without legal personality) or the agent, employee, or other worker of a corporation or person violates the provisions set forth in one of the following items in connection with the business of that corporation or person, in addition to the offender being subject to punishment, the corporation is subject to punishment by the fine prescribed in the relevant item and the person is subject to punishment by the fine prescribed in the provisions referred to in the relevant item:
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **一**  第百十九条第一項若しくは第二項第三号若しくは第四号又は第百二十二条の二第一項　三億円以下の罰金刑
  <sup>art-124/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-8#art-124/par-1/item-1</sup>
  Article 119, paragraph (1); Article 119, paragraph (2), item (iii) or (iv); or Article 122-2, paragraph (1):a fine of up to three hundred million yen;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **二**  第百十九条第二項第一号若しくは第二号又は第百二十条から第百二十二条まで　各本条の罰金刑
  <sup>art-124/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-8#art-124/par-1/item-2</sup>
  Article 119, paragraph (2), item (i) or (ii) or Article 120 through Article 122:the fine referred to in the relevant of these provisions.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  法人格を有しない社団又は財団について前項の規定の適用がある場合には、その代表者又は管理人がその訴訟行為につきその社団又は財団を代表するほか、法人を被告人又は被疑者とする場合の刑事訴訟に関する法律の規定を準用する。
<sup>art-124/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-8#art-124/par-2</sup>
If the provisions of the preceding paragraph are applicable to an association or foundation without legal personality, its representative or administrator represents the association or foundation in any procedural acts and the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure that are applicable when a corporation is the accused or the suspect, apply mutatis mutandis.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第三項**  第一項の場合において、当該行為者に対してした告訴又は告訴の取消しは、その法人又は人に対しても効力を生じ、その法人又は人に対してした告訴又は告訴の取消しは、当該行為者に対しても効力を生ずるものとする。
<sup>art-124/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-8#art-124/par-3</sup>
In cases referred to in paragraph (1), an accusation lodged against the offender or the withdrawal of such an accusation is also effective against the corporation or the person concerned, and an accusation lodged against a corporation or the person concerned or the withdrawal of such an accusation is also effective against the offender.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第四項**  第一項の規定により第百十九条第一項若しくは第二項又は第百二十二条の二第一項の違反行為につき法人又は人に罰金刑を科する場合における時効の期間は、これらの規定の罪についての時効の期間による。
<sup>art-124/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-8#art-124/par-4</sup>
The period of prescription if a corporation or person is subject to a fine, pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of this Article, in connection with a violation referred to in Article 119, paragraph (1) or (2) or Article 122-2, paragraph (1), is the period of prescription for the offense referred to in the relevant of those provisions.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
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- art-124/par-1/item-1: 第二項第三号 → 著作権法 第百十九条第二項第三号 (Article 119, paragraph (2), item (iii)), art-119/par-2/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-8#art-119/par-2/item-3
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- art-124/par-1/item-2: 第二号 → 著作権法 第百十九条第二項第二号 (Article 119, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-119/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-8#art-119/par-2/item-2
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- art-124/par-1/item-2: 第百二十条から第百二十二条まで → 著作権法 第百二十二条 (Article 122), art-122 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-8#art-122
- art-124/par-2: 前項 → 著作権法 第百二十四条第一項 (Article 124, paragraph (1)), art-124/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-8#art-124/par-1
- art-124/par-3: 第一項 → 著作権法 第百二十四条第一項 (Article 124, paragraph (1)), art-124/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-8#art-124/par-1
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- art-124/par-4: 第百二十二条の二第一項 → 著作権法 第百二十二条の二第一項 (Article 122-2, paragraph (1)), art-122-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/amendments/20180713_430AC0000000072/text/ch-8#art-122-2/par-1

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