# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第十九条 (Article 19) - 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: 第十九条 (Article 19)（氏名表示権） — address `art-19` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-19 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-19 - 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. --- ### 第十九条（氏名表示権） — (Right of Attribution) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-19 **第一項** 著作者は、その著作物の原作品に、又はその著作物の公衆への提供若しくは提示に際し、その実名若しくは変名を著作者名として表示し、又は著作者名を表示しないこととする権利を有する。その著作物を原著作物とする二次的著作物の公衆への提供又は提示に際しての原著作物の著作者名の表示についても、同様とする。 art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-19/par-1 The author of a work has the right to decide whether to use the author's true name or pseudonym to indicate the name of the author on the original work or in connection with the work at the time it is made available or presented to the public, or to decide that the author's name will not be indicated in connection with that work. The same applies with regard to how the name of the author of the original work appears at the time any derivative work derived from it is made available or presented to the public. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 著作物を利用する者は、その著作者の別段の意思表示がない限り、その著作物につきすでに著作者が表示しているところに従つて著作者名を表示することができる。 art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-19/par-2 Unless the author has manifested a different intention, a person exploiting a work may indicate the name of the author in accordance with how the author has already done so in connection with the work. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 著作者名の表示は、著作物の利用の目的及び態様に照らし著作者が創作者であることを主張する利益を害するおそれがないと認められるときは、公正な慣行に反しない限り、省略することができる。 art-19/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-19/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-19/par-3 The name of the author may be omitted if it is found that doing so is unlikely to harm the interests of the author in a claim to authorship, in light of the purpose of the work and the circumstances of its exploitation, provided that the omission is compatible with fair practices. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第一項の規定は、次の各号のいずれかに該当するときは、適用しない。 art-19/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-19/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-19/par-4 The provisions of paragraph (1) do not apply in any of the following cases: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 行政機関情報公開法、独立行政法人等情報公開法又は情報公開条例の規定により行政機関の長、独立行政法人等又は地方公共団体の機関若しくは地方独立行政法人が著作物を公衆に提供し、又は提示する場合において、当該著作物につき既にその著作者が表示しているところに従つて著作者名を表示するとき。 art-19/par-4/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-19/par-4/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-19/par-4/item-1 the work is made available or presented to the public by the head of an administrative organ or by an incorporated administrative agency, etc., a local government agency, or a local incorporated administrative agency pursuant to the provisions of the Act on Access to Administrative Organs' Information, the Act on Access to Incorporated Administrative Agencies' Information, or information disclosure ordinance, and the name of the author is indicated in accordance with how the author has already done so on that work; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 行政機関情報公開法第六条第二項の規定、独立行政法人等情報公開法第六条第二項の規定又は情報公開条例の規定で行政機関情報公開法第六条第二項の規定に相当するものにより行政機関の長、独立行政法人等又は地方公共団体の機関若しくは地方独立行政法人が著作物を公衆に提供し、又は提示する場合において、当該著作物の著作者名の表示を省略することとなるとき。 art-19/par-4/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-19/par-4/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-19/par-4/item-2 the work is made available or presented to the public by the head of an administrative organ or by an incorporated administrative agency, etc., a local government agency, or a local incorporated administrative agency pursuant to the provisions of Article 6, paragraph (2) of the Act on Access to Administrative Organs' Information, the provisions of Article 6, paragraph (2) of the Act on Access to Incorporated Administrative Agencies' Information, or the provisions of information disclosure ordinance that are equivalent to the provisions of Article 6, paragraph (2) of the Act on Access to Administrative Organs' Information, and it is a case in which the name of the author is to be omitted; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 公文書管理法第十六条第一項の規定又は公文書管理条例の規定（同項の規定に相当する規定に限る。）により国立公文書館等の長又は地方公文書館等の長が著作物を公衆に提供し、又は提示する場合において、当該著作物につき既にその著作者が表示しているところに従つて著作者名を表示するとき。 art-19/par-4/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-19/par-4/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-19/par-4/item-3 the work is made available or presented to the public by the head of the National Archives of Japan, etc. or the head of the local archives, etc. pursuant to the provisions of Article 16, paragraph (1) of the Public Records Management Act or the provisions of public records management ordinance (limited to provisions equivalent to the relevant paragraph of the Public Records Management Act) and the name of the author is indicated in accordance with how the author has already done so on that work. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-19/par-4: 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-19/par-4/item-2: 行政機関情報公開法第六条第二項 → 行政機関の保有する情報の公開に関する法律 第六条第二項 (Article 6, paragraph (2)), art-6/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/information-disclosure-act/art-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/411AC0000000042/art-6/par-2 - art-19/par-4/item-2: 独立行政法人等情報公開法第六条第二項 → e-Gov law 413AC0000000140, 第六条第二項 (Article 6, paragraph (2)), art-6/par-2 — not held in this collection - art-19/par-4/item-3: 公文書管理法第十六条第一項 → e-Gov law 421AC0000000066, 第十六条第一項 (Article 16, paragraph (1)), art-16/par-1 — not held in this collection ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 著作権法 第十七条第一項（著作者の権利） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-17/par-1 - 著作権法 第十九条第四項（氏名表示権） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-19/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-19/par-4 --- ## 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