# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第百十四条 (Article 114) - 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: 第百十四条 (Article 114)（損害の額の推定等） — address `art-114` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-114 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114 - 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. --- ### 第百十四条（損害の額の推定等） — (Presumption of the Amount of Damage) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-114 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-114 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114 **第一項** 著作権者等が故意又は過失により自己の著作権、出版権又は著作隣接権を侵害した者（以下この項において「侵害者」という。）に対しその侵害により自己が受けた損害の賠償を請求する場合において、侵害者がその侵害の行為によつて作成された物（第一号において「侵害作成物」という。）を譲渡し、又はその侵害の行為を組成する公衆送信（自動公衆送信の場合にあつては、送信可能化を含む。同号において「侵害組成公衆送信」という。）を行つたときは、次の各号に掲げる額の合計額を、著作権者等が受けた損害の額とすることができる。 art-114/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-114/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114/par-1 If a copyright owner, etc. claims compensation for damage incurred due to infringement, against a person that has, intentionally or due to negligence, infringed the owner's copyright, print rights, or neighboring rights (referred to as an "infringer" in this paragraph), and the infringer has transferred an object made by the act of infringement (referred to as an "object made by infringement" in item (i)) or has made a public transmission that constitutes the act of infringement (including, in the case of automatic public transmission, making available for transmission; referred to as an "infringing transmission to the public" in that item), the total of the amounts set out in the following items may be treated as the amount of damage incurred by the copyright owner, etc.: machine translation, not official **一** 譲渡等数量（侵害者が譲渡した侵害作成物及び侵害者が行つた侵害組成公衆送信を公衆が受信して作成した著作物又は実演等の複製物（以下この号において「侵害受信複製物」という。）の数量をいう。次号において同じ。）のうち販売等相応数量（当該著作権者等が当該侵害作成物又は当該侵害受信複製物を販売するとした場合にその販売のために必要な行為を行う能力に応じた数量をいう。同号において同じ。）を超えない部分（その全部又は一部に相当する数量を当該著作権者等が販売することができないとする事情があるときは、当該事情に相当する数量（同号において「特定数量」という。）を控除した数量）に、著作権者等がその侵害の行為がなければ販売することができた物の単位数量当たりの利益の額を乗じて得た額 art-114/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-114/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114/par-1/item-1 the amount obtained by multiplying the portion of the number transferred, etc. (meaning the number of objects made by infringement transferred by the infringer and of copies of works or performances, etc. made by the public receiving infringing transmissions to the public made by the infringer (referred to as "received copies of an infringing transmission" in this item); the same applies in the following item) that does not exceed the number commensurate with sales capacity (meaning the number commensurate with the capacity of the copyright owner, etc. to perform the acts necessary for selling the object made by infringement or the received copy of an infringing transmission if the owner were to sell them; the same applies in that item) (or, if there are circumstances under which the copyright owner, etc. is unable to sell a number equivalent to all or part of that portion, the number remaining after deducting the number equivalent to those circumstances (referred to as the "specified quantity" in that item)) by the amount of profit per unit quantity of the goods that the copyright owner, etc. could have sold had it not been for the act of infringement; machine translation, not official **二** 譲渡等数量のうち販売等相応数量を超える数量又は特定数量がある場合（著作権者等が、その著作権、出版権又は著作隣接権の行使をし得たと認められない場合を除く。）におけるこれらの数量に応じた当該著作権、出版権又は著作隣接権の行使につき受けるべき金銭の額に相当する額 art-114/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-114/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114/par-1/item-2 if, within the number transferred, etc., there is a number exceeding the number commensurate with sales capacity or a specified quantity (excluding where it is found that the copyright owner, etc. could not have exercised the copyright, print right or neighboring right), an amount equivalent to the amount of money that the owner should have received in connection with the exercise of the copyright, print right or neighboring right in accordance with those numbers. machine translation, not official **第二項** 著作権者、出版権者又は著作隣接権者が故意又は過失によりその著作権、出版権又は著作隣接権を侵害した者に対しその侵害により自己が受けた損害の賠償を請求する場合において、その者がその侵害の行為により利益を受けているときは、その利益の額は、当該著作権者、出版権者又は著作隣接権者が受けた損害の額と推定する。 art-114/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-114/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114/par-2 If a copyright owner, the owner of print rights, or the owner of neighboring rights claims compensation for damage incurred due to infringement, against a person that, intentionally or due to negligence, infringes the owner's copyright, print rights, or neighboring rights, and the infringer has made a profit from the act of infringement, the amount of that profit is presumed to be the amount of damage that the copyright owner, the owner of print rights, or the owner of neighboring rights has incurred. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 著作権者、出版権者又は著作隣接権者は、故意又は過失によりその著作権、出版権又は著作隣接権を侵害した者に対し、その著作権、出版権又は著作隣接権の行使につき受けるべき金銭の額に相当する額を自己が受けた損害の額として、その賠償を請求することができる。 art-114/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-114/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114/par-3 The copyright owner, the owner of print rights, or owner of neighboring rights may fix the amount of damages incurred as being equivalent to the amount of money that the owner should have received in connection with the exercise of the copyright, print right or neighboring right, and may claim compensation therefor against a person that, intentionally or due to negligence, infringes the owner's copyright, print rights or neighboring rights. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 著作権者又は著作隣接権者は、前項の規定によりその著作権又は著作隣接権を侵害した者に対し損害の賠償を請求する場合において、その著作権又は著作隣接権が著作権等管理事業法第二条第一項に規定する管理委託契約に基づき著作権等管理事業者が管理するものであるときは、当該著作権等管理事業者が定める同法第十三条第一項に規定する使用料規程のうちその侵害の行為に係る著作物等の利用の態様について適用されるべき規定により算出したその著作権又は著作隣接権に係る著作物等の使用料の額（当該額の算出方法が複数あるときは、当該複数の算出方法によりそれぞれ算出した額のうち最も高い額）をもつて、前項に規定する金銭の額とすることができる。 art-114/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-114/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114/par-4 If the copyright owner or owner of neighboring rights claims compensation for damage pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph against a person that has infringed the owner's copyright or neighboring rights and the copyright or neighboring rights are managed by a copyright management service under a management entrustment agreement provided for in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Act on Copyright, etc. Management Service, the copyright owner or owner of neighboring rights may fix the amount provided for in the preceding paragraph using the amount of royalties for the work associated with the copyright or neighboring rights, calculated based on those of the provisions of the royalty rules established by the copyright management service that are provided for in Article 13, paragraph (1) of the Act which are applicable to the circumstances of the exploitation of the work associated with the act of infringement (if there are several methods for calculating that amount, this means the largest of the amounts calculated based on those methods). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 裁判所は、第一項第二号及び第三項に規定する著作権、出版権又は著作隣接権の行使につき受けるべき金銭の額に相当する額を認定するに当たつては、著作権者等が、自己の著作権、出版権又は著作隣接権の侵害があつたことを前提として当該著作権、出版権又は著作隣接権を侵害した者との間でこれらの権利の行使の対価について合意をするとしたならば、当該著作権者等が得ることとなるその対価を考慮することができる。 art-114/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-114/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114/par-5 In finding the amount equivalent to the amount of money that should have been received in connection with the exercise of the copyright, print right or neighboring right provided for in paragraph (1), item (ii) and paragraph (3), the court may take into consideration the consideration that the copyright owner, etc. would obtain if, on the premise that there had been an infringement of the owner's own copyright, print right or neighboring right, the copyright owner, etc. were to reach an agreement with the person that infringed that copyright, print right or neighboring right on the consideration for the exercise of those rights. machine translation, not official **第六項** 第三項の規定は、同項に規定する金額を超える損害の賠償の請求を妨げない。この場合において、著作権、出版権又は著作隣接権を侵害した者に故意又は重大な過失がなかつたときは、裁判所は、損害の賠償の額を定めるについて、これを参酌することができる。 art-114/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-114/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114/par-6 The provisions of paragraph (3) do not preclude any claim to compensation for damage in excess of the amount referred to therein. In such a case, the court may consider the absence of intent or gross negligence by the person that infringed the copyright, print rights, or neighboring rights, in fixing the amount of compensation for the damage. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-114/par-1: この項 → 著作権法 第百十四条第一項 (Article 114, paragraph (1)), art-114/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-114/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114/par-1 - art-114/par-1: 第一号 → 著作権法 第百十四条第一項第一号 (Article 114, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-114/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-114/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114/par-1/item-1 - art-114/par-1/item-1: この号 → 著作権法 第百十四条第一項第一号 (Article 114, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-114/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-114/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114/par-1/item-1 - art-114/par-1/item-1: 次号 → 著作権法 第百十四条第一項第二号 (Article 114, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-114/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-114/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114/par-1/item-2 - art-114/par-4: 前項 → 著作権法 第百十四条第三項 (Article 114, paragraph (3)), art-114/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-114/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114/par-3 - art-114/par-4: 著作権等管理事業法第二条第一項 → e-Gov law 412AC0000000131, 第二条第一項 (Article 2, paragraph (1)), art-2/par-1 — not held in this collection - art-114/par-4: 同法第十三条第一項 → e-Gov law 412AC0000000131, 第十三条第一項 (Article 13, paragraph (1)), art-13/par-1 — not held in this collection - art-114/par-5: 第一項第二号 → 著作権法 第百十四条第一項第二号 (Article 114, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-114/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-114/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114/par-1/item-2 - art-114/par-5: 第三項 → 著作権法 第百十四条第三項 (Article 114, paragraph (3)), art-114/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-114/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114/par-3 - art-114/par-6: 第三項 → 著作権法 第百十四条第三項 (Article 114, paragraph (3)), art-114/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-114/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114/par-3 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 著作権法 第百十四条第一項（損害の額の推定等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-114/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114/par-1 - 著作権法 第百十四条第一項第一号（損害の額の推定等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-114/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114/par-1/item-1 - 著作権法 第百十四条第四項（損害の額の推定等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-114/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114/par-4 - 著作権法 第百十四条第五項（損害の額の推定等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-114/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114/par-5 - 著作権法 第百十四条第六項（損害の額の推定等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-114/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114/par-6 --- ## Sources - 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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch copyright-act-20261019T151240-009, translated 2026-10-20 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch copyright-act-20261019T155604-001, translated 2026-10-20 - This site's parser, version 210 — 著作権法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19