# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第三十九条 (Article 39) - 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: 第三十九条 (Article 39)（時事問題に関する論説の転載等） — address `art-39` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-39 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-39 - 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. --- ### 第三十九条（時事問題に関する論説の転載等） — (Reprinting of Editorial Commentary on Current Affairs) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-39 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-39 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-39 **第一項** 新聞紙又は雑誌に掲載して発行された政治上、経済上又は社会上の時事問題に関する論説（学術的な性質を有するものを除く。）は、他の新聞紙若しくは雑誌に転載し、又は放送し、有線放送し、地域限定特定入力型自動公衆送信を行い、若しくは放送同時配信等を行うことができる。ただし、これらの利用を禁止する旨の表示がある場合は、この限りでない。 art-39/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-39/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-39/par-1 It is permissible for a person to reprint, in another newspaper or magazine, editorial commentary (excluding that of an academic nature) on political, economic, or social current affairs that has been printed and published in a newspaper or magazine; or to broadcast or cablecast such commentary, or to transmit such commentary via area-limited specified input-type automatic public transmission; or to transmit such commentary via simultaneous broadcasting with the objective of allowing an exclusive audience within the service area that the broadcast is intended for to receive it; provided, however, that this does not apply if it is expressly indicated that such use is prohibited. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定により放送され、有線放送され、地域限定特定入力型自動公衆送信が行われ、又は放送同時配信等が行われる論説は、受信装置を用いて公に伝達することができる。 art-39/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-39/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-39/par-2 It is permissible to publicly communicate commentary that is broadcast, cablecast, transmitted via area-limited specified input-type automatic public transmission or transmitted via simultaneous broadcasting, pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, through a receiver. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-39/par-2: 前項 → 著作権法 第三十九条第一項 (Article 39, paragraph (1)), art-39/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-39/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-39/par-1 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 著作権法 第三十四条第一項（学校教育番組の放送等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-34/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-34/par-1 - 著作権法 第三十九条第二項（時事問題に関する論説の転載等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-39/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-39/par-2 - 著作権法 第四十七条の六第一項第二号（翻訳、翻案等による利用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-47-6/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-47-6/par-1/item-2 - 著作権法 第四十七条の七第一項（複製権の制限により作成された複製物の譲渡） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-47-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-47-7/par-1 - 著作権法 第四十八条第一項第二号（出所の明示） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-48/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-48/par-1/item-2 - 著作権法 第八十六条第一項（出版権の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-86/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-86/par-1 - 著作権法 第百二条第八項（著作隣接権の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-102/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-102/par-8 --- ## 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