# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第四十七条の二 (Article 47-2) - 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: 第四十七条の二 (Article 47-2)（美術の著作物等の譲渡等の申出に伴う複製等） — address `art-47-2` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-47-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-47-2 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第四十七条の二（美術の著作物等の譲渡等の申出に伴う複製等） — (Reproduction in Connection with an Offer to Transfer an Artistic Work; Related Matters) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-47-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-47-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-47-2 **第一項** 美術の著作物又は写真の著作物の原作品又は複製物の所有者その他のこれらの譲渡又は貸与の権原を有する者が、第二十六条の二第一項又は第二十六条の三に規定する権利を害することなく、その原作品又は複製物を譲渡し、又は貸与しようとする場合には、当該権原を有する者又はその委託を受けた者は、その申出の用に供するため、これらの著作物について、複製又は公衆送信（自動公衆送信の場合にあつては、送信可能化を含む。）（当該複製により作成される複製物を用いて行うこれらの著作物の複製又は当該公衆送信を受信して行うこれらの著作物の複製を防止し、又は抑止するための措置その他の著作権者の利益を不当に害しないための措置として政令で定める措置を講じて行うものに限る。）を行うことができる。 art-47-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-47-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-47-2/par-1 If, without prejudice to the rights set forth in Article 26-2, paragraph (1) and Article 26-3, the owner of the original or a copy of an artistic work or photographic work or any other person with the authority to transfer or rent out the original or a copy thereof seeks to transfer or rent out the original or copy of the work, the person with that authority or a person commissioned thereby may, for use in making the offer to transfer or rent out the original or copy of the work, reproduce or transmit to the public the work (and may make the work available for transmission, if it is to be transmitted to the public via automatic public transmission) (but the person may do so only if that person takes measures to prevent or deter the copy that is made when the work is reproduced for the offer, from being used to reproduce the work; measures to prevent or deter a person from reproducing the work after receiving it in a transmission to the public; or any other measure designated by Cabinet Order as one that stops the interests of the copyright owner from being unfairly prejudiced). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-47-2/par-1: 第二十六条の二第一項 → 著作権法 第二十六条の二第一項 (Article 26-2, paragraph (1)), art-26-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-26-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-26-2/par-1 - art-47-2/par-1: 第二十六条の三 → 著作権法 第二十六条の三 (Article 26-3), art-26-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-26-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-26-3 ## Cited by 9 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 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 第四十九条第一項第一号（複製物の目的外使用等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-49/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-49/par-1/item-1 - 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 第八十六条第二項第二号（出版権の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-86/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-86/par-2/item-2 - 著作権法 第八十六条第三項（出版権の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-86/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-86/par-3 - 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 第百二条第九項第一号（著作隣接権の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-102/par-9/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-102/par-9/item-1 - 著作権法 附則第四項（プログラムの著作物の複製物の使用についての経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-3601-62/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-3601-62/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