# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第百四条の六 (Article 104-6) - 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: 第百四条の六 (Article 104-6)（私的録音録画補償金の額） — address `art-104-6` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-104-6 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-6 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs 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. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第百四条の六（私的録音録画補償金の額） — (Amount of Compensation for Private Sound and Visual Recording) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-104-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-104-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-6 **第一項** 第百四条の二第一項の規定により指定管理団体が私的録音録画補償金を受ける権利を行使する場合には、指定管理団体は、私的録音録画補償金の額を定め、文化庁長官の認可を受けなければならない。これを変更しようとするときも、同様とする。 art-104-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-104-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-6/par-1 Before exercising the right to receive compensation for private sound and visual recording pursuant to the provisions of Article 104-2, paragraph (1), a designated association must fix the amount of such compensation and obtain the approval of the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs. The same applies if the designated association seeks to change such amount. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の認可があつたときは、私的録音録画補償金の額は、第三十条第三項の規定にかかわらず、その認可を受けた額とする。 art-104-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-104-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-6/par-2 Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 30, paragraph (3), if the approval referred to in the preceding paragraph has been given, the amount of compensation for private sound and visual recording is the amount for which such approval has been received. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 指定管理団体は、第百四条の四第一項の規定により支払の請求をする私的録音録画補償金に係る第一項の認可の申請に際し、あらかじめ、製造業者等の団体で製造業者等の意見を代表すると認められるものの意見を聴かなければならない。 art-104-6/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-104-6/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-6/par-3 Before applying for the approval referred to in paragraph (1) in connection with compensation for private sound and visual recording the payment of which is requested pursuant to the provisions of Article 104-4, paragraph (1), a designated association must hear the opinions of associations of manufacturers, etc. that are recognized as representing the opinions of manufacturers, etc. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Before applying for the approval referred to in paragraph (1) in connection with compensation for private sound and visual recording the payment of which is requested pursuant to the provisions of Article 104, paragraph (1), a designated association must hear the opinions of associations of manufacturers, etc. that are recognized as representing the opinions of manufacturers, etc." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4207/tb **第四項** 文化庁長官は、第一項の認可の申請に係る私的録音録画補償金の額が、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。）及び第百四条の四第一項の規定の趣旨、録音又は録画に係る通常の使用料の額その他の事情を考慮した適正な額であると認めるときでなければ、その認可をしてはならない。 art-104-6/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-104-6/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-6/par-4 The Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs must not approve the amount of compensation for private sound and visual recording to which an application for permission under paragraph (1) pertains, unless it is found to be an appropriate amount in consideration of the purport of the provisions of Article 30, paragraph (1) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the provisions of Article 102, paragraph (1)) and Article 104-4, paragraph (1), the ordinary rate of royalties for sound or visual recording, and any other circumstances. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 文化庁長官は、第一項の認可をしようとするときは、文化審議会に諮問しなければならない。 art-104-6/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-104-6/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-6/par-5 Before granting the approval referred to in paragraph (1), the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs must consult the Culture Council. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-104-6/par-1: 第百四条の二第一項 → 著作権法 第百四条の二第一項 (Article 104-2, paragraph (1)), art-104-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-104-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-2/par-1 - art-104-6/par-2: 前項 → 著作権法 第百四条の六第一項 (Article 104-6, paragraph (1)), art-104-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-104-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-6/par-1 - art-104-6/par-2: 第三十条第三項 → 著作権法 第三十条第三項 (Article 30, paragraph (3)), art-30/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-30/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-30/par-3 - art-104-6/par-3: 第百四条の四第一項 → 著作権法 第百四条の四第一項 (Article 104-4, paragraph (1)), art-104-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-104-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-4/par-1 - art-104-6/par-3: 第一項 → 著作権法 第百四条の六第一項 (Article 104-6, paragraph (1)), art-104-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-104-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-6/par-1 - art-104-6/par-4: 第一項 → 著作権法 第百四条の六第一項 (Article 104-6, paragraph (1)), art-104-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-104-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-6/par-1 - art-104-6/par-4: 第三十条第一項 → 著作権法 第三十条第一項 (Article 30, paragraph (1)), art-30/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-30/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-30/par-1 - art-104-6/par-4: 第百二条第一項 → 著作権法 第百二条第一項 (Article 102, paragraph (1)), art-102/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-102/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-102/par-1 - art-104-6/par-4: 第百四条の四第一項 → 著作権法 第百四条の四第一項 (Article 104-4, paragraph (1)), art-104-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-104-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-4/par-1 - art-104-6/par-5: 第一項 → 著作権法 第百四条の六第一項 (Article 104-6, paragraph (1)), art-104-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-104-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-6/par-1 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 著作権法 第百四条の四第一項（私的録音録画補償金の支払の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-104-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-4/par-1 - 著作権法 第百四条の五第一項（製造業者等の協力義務） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-104-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-5/par-1 - 著作権法 第百四条の六第二項（私的録音録画補償金の額） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-104-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-6/par-2 - 著作権法 第百四条の六第三項（私的録音録画補償金の額） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-104-6/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-6/par-3 - 著作権法 第百四条の六第四項（私的録音録画補償金の額） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-104-6/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-6/par-4 - 著作権法 第百四条の六第五項（私的録音録画補償金の額） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-104-6/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-6/par-5 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-10-19 - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 著作権法 — the text in force from 2026-06-24 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/345AC0000000048/20260624_508AC0000000048), retrieved 2026-10-19 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Copyright Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4207/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Copyright Act (著作権法), Article 104-6, paragraph (3) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4207/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19 - This site's parser, version 210 — 著作権法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19