# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第十七条 (Article 17) - 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: 第十七条 (Article 17)（著作者の権利） — address `art-17` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-17 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-17 - 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. --- ### 第十七条（著作者の権利） — (Authors' Rights) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-17 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-17 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-17 **第一項** 著作者は、次条第一項、第十九条第一項及び第二十条第一項に規定する権利（以下「著作者人格権」という。）並びに第二十一条から第二十八条までに規定する権利（以下「著作権」という。）を享有する。 art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-17/par-1 The author of a work enjoys the rights provided for in paragraph (1) of the following Article; Article 19, paragraph (1); and Article 20, paragraph (1) (hereinafter referred to as the "moral rights of an author"), as well as the rights provided for in Articles 21 through 28 (hereinafter referred to as a "copyright"). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 著作者人格権及び著作権の享有には、いかなる方式の履行をも要しない。 art-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-17/par-2 Enjoyment of the moral rights of an author and of a copyright requires no formalities. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-17/par-1: 次条第一項 → 著作権法 第十八条第一項 (Article 18, paragraph (1)), art-18/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-18/par-1 - art-17/par-1: 第十九条第一項 → 著作権法 第十九条第一項 (Article 19, paragraph (1)), art-19/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-19/par-1 - art-17/par-1: 第二十条第一項 → 著作権法 第二十条第一項 (Article 20, paragraph (1)), art-20/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-20/par-1 - art-17/par-1: 第二十一条から第二十八条まで → 著作権法 第二十一条 (Article 21), art-21 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-21 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-21 - art-17/par-1: 第二十一条から第二十八条まで → 著作権法 第二十二条 (Article 22), art-22 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-22 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-22 - art-17/par-1: 第二十一条から第二十八条まで → 著作権法 第二十二条の二 (Article 22-2), art-22-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-22-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-22-2 - art-17/par-1: 第二十一条から第二十八条まで → 著作権法 第二十三条 (Article 23), art-23 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-23 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-23 - art-17/par-1: 第二十一条から第二十八条まで → 著作権法 第二十四条 (Article 24), art-24 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-24 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-24 - art-17/par-1: 第二十一条から第二十八条まで → 著作権法 第二十五条 (Article 25), art-25 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-25 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-25 - art-17/par-1: 第二十一条から第二十八条まで → 著作権法 第二十六条 (Article 26), art-26 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-26 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-26 - art-17/par-1: 第二十一条から第二十八条まで → 著作権法 第二十六条の二 (Article 26-2), art-26-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-26-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-26-2 - art-17/par-1: 第二十一条から第二十八条まで → 著作権法 第二十六条の三 (Article 26-3), art-26-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-26-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-26-3 - art-17/par-1: 第二十一条から第二十八条まで → 著作権法 第二十七条 (Article 27), art-27 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-27 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-27 - art-17/par-1: 第二十一条から第二十八条まで → 著作権法 第二十八条 (Article 28), art-28 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-28 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-28 ## Cited by 2 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 第二条第一項第二十二号（定義） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-2/par-1/item-22 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-2/par-1/item-22 --- ## 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