# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第百二十条の二 (Article 120-2) - 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: 第百二十条の二 (Article 120-2) — address `art-120-2` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-120-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-120-2 - 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. --- ### 第百二十条の二 art-120-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-120-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-120-2 **第一項** 次の各号のいずれかに該当する者は、三年以下の拘禁刑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。 art-120-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-120-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-120-2/par-1 A person falling under one of the following items is subject to imprisonment for a term of up to three years, a fine of up to three million yen, or both: machine translation, not official **一** 技術的保護手段の回避若しくは技術的利用制限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若しくは技術的利用制限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し、又は第百十三条第六項の規定により著作権、出版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技術的利用制限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 art-120-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-120-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-120-2/par-1/item-1 a person that transfers or rents to the public a device with a function that circumvents technological protection measures or technological exploitation restriction 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 or technological exploitation restriction measures; manufactures, imports, or possesses such a device or copies of such a computer program for the purpose of transferring or renting them to the public; or offers such a device or copies of such a computer program for public use; or a person that transmits that computer program to the public 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-related matters through the circumvention of technological protection measures or to enable acts deemed to constitute the infringements of a copyright, print rights, or the neighboring rights prescribed in the provisions of Article 113, paragraph (6) through the circumvention of technological exploitation restriction measures); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **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又は技術的利用制限手段の回避を行つた者 art-120-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-120-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-120-2/par-1/item-2 a person that, in the course of trade, circumvents technological protection measures or technological exploitation restriction measures at the request of the public; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 第百十三条第二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 art-120-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-120-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-120-2/par-1/item-3 a person that engages in an action that is deemed to constitute infringement of a copyright, print right or neighboring rights pursuant to the provisions of Article 113, paragraph (2); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 第百十三条第七項の規定により技術的保護手段に係る著作権等又は技術的利用制限手段に係る著作権、出版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 art-120-2/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-120-2/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-120-2/par-1/item-4 a person that engages in an action that is deemed to constitute infringement of a copyright, etc. relevant to the technological protection measures or a copyright, print right or neighboring rights relevant to the technological exploitation restriction measures pursuant to the provisions of Article 113, paragraph (7); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **五** 営利を目的として、第百十三条第八項の規定により著作者人格権、著作権、出版権、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 art-120-2/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-120-2/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-120-2/par-1/item-5 a person that, for commercial purposes, engages in an action that is deemed to constitute infringement of an author's moral rights, a copyright, a print right, a performer's moral rights, or neighboring rights pursuant to the provisions of Article 113, paragraph (8); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **六** 営利を目的として、第百十三条第十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 art-120-2/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-120-2/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-120-2/par-1/item-6 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 (10). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-120-2/par-1/item-1: 第百十三条第六項 → 著作権法 第百十三条第六項 (Article 113, paragraph (6)), art-113/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-113/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-113/par-6 - art-120-2/par-1/item-3: 第百十三条第二項 → 著作権法 第百十三条第二項 (Article 113, paragraph (2)), art-113/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-113/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-113/par-2 - art-120-2/par-1/item-4: 第百十三条第七項 → 著作権法 第百十三条第七項 (Article 113, paragraph (7)), art-113/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-113/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-113/par-7 - art-120-2/par-1/item-5: 第百十三条第八項 → 著作権法 第百十三条第八項 (Article 113, paragraph (8)), art-113/par-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-113/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-113/par-8 - art-120-2/par-1/item-6: 第百十三条第十項 → 著作権法 第百十三条第十項 (Article 113, paragraph (10)), art-113/par-10 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-113/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-113/par-10 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 著作権法 第二条第一項第二十号（定義） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-2/par-1/item-20 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-2/par-1/item-20 - 著作権法 第三十条第一項第二号（私的使用のための複製） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-30/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-30/par-1/item-2 - 著作権法 第百十三条第六項（侵害とみなす行為） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-113/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-113/par-6 - 著作権法 第百十九条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-119/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-119/par-1 - 著作権法 第百二十三条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-123/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-123/par-1 - 著作権法 第百二十四条第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-124/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-124/par-1/item-2 - 著作権法 附則第四条第一項（罰則についての運用上の配慮） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-5021-48/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5021-48/art-4/par-1 --- ## 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, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation corrected on review, batch copyright-act-20261019T151240-010, 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