# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第十二条 (Article 12) - 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: 第十二条 (Article 12)（編集著作物） — address `art-12` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-12 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-12 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第十二条（編集著作物） — (Compilations) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-12 **第一項** 編集物（データベースに該当するものを除く。以下同じ。）でその素材の選択又は配列によつて創作性を有するものは、著作物として保護する。 art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-12/par-1 A compilation (except a compilation that constitutes a database; the same applies hereinafter) that, by reason of the selection or arrangement of its contents, constitutes an intellectual creation is protected as a work. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定は、同項の編集物の部分を構成する著作物の著作者の権利に影響を及ぼさない。 art-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-12/par-2 The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not affect the rights of the author of a work that forms part of a compilation as referred to in that paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-12/par-2: 前項 → 著作権法 第十二条第一項 (Article 12, paragraph (1)), art-12/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-12/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 著作権法 第十二条第二項（編集著作物） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-12/par-2 --- ## 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 - This site's parser, version 210 — 著作権法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19