# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第二十三条 (Article 23) - 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: 第二十三条 (Article 23)（公衆送信権等） — address `art-23` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-23 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-23 - 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. --- ### 第二十三条（公衆送信権等） — (Right to Transmit to the Public) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-23 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-23 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-23 **第一項** 著作者は、その著作物について、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。）を行う権利を専有する。 art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-23/par-1 The author of a work has the exclusive right to transmit to the public that work (this includes the right to make the work available for transmission, if the work is to be transmitted to the public via automatic public transmission). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 著作者は、公衆送信されるその著作物を受信装置を用いて公に伝達する権利を専有する。 art-23/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-23/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-23/par-2 The author of a work that will be transmitted to the public has the exclusive right to publicly communicate that work through a receiver. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 15 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 著作権法 第四条第一項（著作物の公表） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-4/par-1 - 著作権法 第四条第二項（著作物の公表） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-4/par-2 - 著作権法 第四条第三項（著作物の公表） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-4/par-3 - 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 第四十四条第一項（放送事業者等による一時的固定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-44/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-44/par-1 - 著作権法 第四十四条第二項（放送事業者等による一時的固定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-44/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-44/par-2 - 著作権法 第四十四条第三項（放送事業者等による一時的固定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-44/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-44/par-3 - 著作権法 第六十三条第六項（著作物の利用の許諾） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-63/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-63/par-6 - 著作権法 第七十九条第一項（出版権の設定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-79/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-79/par-1 - 著作権法 第八十条第四項（出版権の内容） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-80/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-80/par-4 - 著作権法 第百二条第一項（著作隣接権の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-102/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-102/par-1 - 著作権法 第百三条第一項（著作隣接権の譲渡、行使等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-103/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-103/par-1 - 著作権法 第百四条の十の三第一項第二号イ（指定の基準） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-104-10-3/par-1/item-2/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-10-3/par-1/item-2/sub-1 - 著作権法 第百四条の十二第一項第二号イ（指定の基準） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-104-12/par-1/item-2/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-12/par-1/item-2/sub-1 - 著作権法 附則第二項（自動公衆送信される状態に置かれている著作物等についての経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4091-86/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4091-86/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