# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第二十九条 (Article 29) - 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: 第二十九条 (Article 29) — address `art-29` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-29 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-29 - 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. --- ### 第二十九条 art-29 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-29 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-29 **第一項** 映画の著作物（第十五条第一項、次項又は第三項の規定の適用を受けるものを除く。）の著作権は、その著作者が映画製作者に対し当該映画の著作物の製作に参加することを約束しているときは、当該映画製作者に帰属する。 art-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-29/par-1 If the author of a cinematographic work (excluding a cinematographic work to which the provisions of Article 15, paragraph (1), the following paragraph, or paragraph (3) of this Article apply) has promised the producer of the cinematographic work that the author will participate in its production, the copyright to that cinematographic work belongs to the producer of the cinematographic work. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 専ら放送事業者が放送又は放送同時配信等のための技術的手段として製作する映画の著作物（第十五条第一項の規定の適用を受けるものを除く。）の著作権のうち次に掲げる権利は、映画製作者としての当該放送事業者に帰属する。 art-29/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-29/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-29/par-2 Among the rights in the copyright to a cinematographic work (excluding a cinematographic work to which the provisions of Article 15, paragraph (1) apply) that a broadcaster produces solely as a practical means of broadcasting or simultaneous broadcasting, the following rights belong to that broadcaster as the producer of the cinematographic work: Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Among the rights in the copyright to a cinemtographic work(excluding a cinematographic work to which the provisions of Article 15, paragraph (1) apply) that a broadcaster produces solely as a practical means of broadcasting or simultaneous broadcasting, the following rights belong to that broadcaster as the producer of the cinematographic work:" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4207/tb **一** その著作物を放送する権利及び放送されるその著作物について、有線放送し、特定入力型自動公衆送信を行い、又は受信装置を用いて公に伝達する権利 art-29/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-29/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-29/par-2/item-1 the right to broadcast the work, and the right to cablecast the broadcast work, transmit the broadcast work via specified input-type automatic public transmission, or publicly communicate the broadcast work through a receiver; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** その著作物を放送同時配信等する権利及び放送同時配信等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 art-29/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-29/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-29/par-2/item-2 the right to transmit the work via simultaneous broadcasting, and the right to publicly communicate the work transmitted via simultaneous broadcasting, through a receiver; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** その著作物を複製し、又はその複製物により放送事業者に頒布する権利 art-29/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-29/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-29/par-2/item-3 the right to reproduce the work and to distribute copies of it to other broadcasters. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 専ら有線放送事業者が有線放送又は放送同時配信等のための技術的手段として製作する映画の著作物（第十五条第一項の規定の適用を受けるものを除く。）の著作権のうち次に掲げる権利は、映画製作者としての当該有線放送事業者に帰属する。 art-29/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-29/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-29/par-3 Among the rights in the copyright to a cinematographic work (excluding a cinematographic work to which the provisions of Article 15, paragraph (1) apply) that a cablecaster produces solely as a practical means of cablecasting or simultaneous broadcasting, the following rights belong to the cablecaster as the producer of the cinematographic work: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** その著作物を有線放送する権利及び有線放送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 art-29/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-29/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-29/par-3/item-1 the right to cablecast the work and the right to publicly communicate the cablecast work through a receiver; machine translation, not official **二** その著作物を放送同時配信等する権利及び放送同時配信等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 art-29/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-29/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-29/par-3/item-2 the right to transmit the work via simultaneous broadcasting, and the right to publicly communicate the work transmitted via simultaneous broadcasting, through a receiver; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** その著作物を複製し、又はその複製物により有線放送事業者に頒布する権利 art-29/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-29/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-29/par-3/item-3 the right to reproduce the work and to distribute copies of it to other cablecasters. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-29/par-1: 第十五条第一項 → 著作権法 第十五条第一項 (Article 15, paragraph (1)), art-15/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-15/par-1 - art-29/par-1: 次項 → 著作権法 第二十九条第二項 (Article 29, paragraph (2)), art-29/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-29/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-29/par-2 - art-29/par-1: 第三項 → 著作権法 第二十九条第三項 (Article 29, paragraph (3)), art-29/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-29/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-29/par-3 - art-29/par-2: 第十五条第一項 → 著作権法 第十五条第一項 (Article 15, paragraph (1)), art-15/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-15/par-1 - art-29/par-3: 第十五条第一項 → 著作権法 第十五条第一項 (Article 15, paragraph (1)), art-15/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-15/par-1 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 著作権法 第十八条第二項第三号（公表権） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-18/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-18/par-2/item-3 - 著作権法 第二十九条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-29/par-1 - 著作権法 附則第五条第一項（映画の著作物等の著作権の帰属についての経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-3451-48/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-3451-48/art-5/par-1 - 著作権法 附則第二項（有線放送のための映画の著作物の著作権の帰属についての経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-3611-64/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-3611-64/par-2 - 著作権法 附則第二条第一項（放送のための映画の著作物の著作権の帰属についての経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4181-121/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4181-121/art-2/par-1 - 著作権法 附則第二条第一項（経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-5031-52/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5031-52/art-2/par-1 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-10-19 - 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 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Copyright Act (著作権法), Article 29, paragraph (2) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4207/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch copyright-act-20261019T151240-001, 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