# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第四条の二 (Article 4-2) - 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: 第四条の二 (Article 4-2)（レコードの発行） — address `art-4-2` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-4-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-4-2 - 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. --- ### 第四条の二（レコードの発行） — (Publication of Phonograms) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-4-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-4-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-4-2 **第一項** レコードは、その性質に応じ公衆の要求を満たすことができる相当程度の部数の複製物が、第九十六条に規定する権利を有する者又はその許諾（第百三条において準用する第六十三条第一項の規定による利用の許諾をいう。第四章第二節及び第三節において同じ。）を得た者によつて作成され、頒布された場合（第九十七条の二第一項又は第九十七条の三第一項に規定する権利を有する者の権利を害しない場合に限る。）において、発行されたものとする。 art-4-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-4-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-4-2/par-1 A phonogram has been published if the person that owns the right set forth in Article 96 or a person authorized thereby (meaning the person is authorized to exploit a phonogram pursuant to the provisions of Article 63, paragraph (1) as they apply mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 103; the same applies in Chapter IV, Sections 2 and 3) makes and distributes copies of the phonogram in quantities that are reasonably sufficient for meeting public demand, commensurate with the nature of the work (limited to when the person does so without prejudice to the rights of the person that owns the right set forth in Article 97-2, paragraph (1) or Article 97-3, paragraph (1)). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-4-2/par-1: 第九十六条 → 著作権法 第九十六条 (Article 96), art-96 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-96 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-96 - art-4-2/par-1: 第百三条 → 著作権法 第百三条 (Article 103), art-103 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-103 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-103 - art-4-2/par-1: 第六十三条第一項 → 著作権法 第六十三条第一項 (Article 63, paragraph (1)), art-63/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-63/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-63/par-1 - art-4-2/par-1: 第九十七条の二第一項 → 著作権法 第九十七条の二第一項 (Article 97-2, paragraph (1)), art-97-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-97-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-97-2/par-1 - art-4-2/par-1: 第九十七条の三第一項 → 著作権法 第九十七条の三第一項 (Article 97-3, paragraph (1)), art-97-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-97-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-97-3/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 著作権法 第三条第一項（著作物の発行） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-3/par-1 --- ## 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