# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第五十三条 (Article 53) - 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: 第五十三条 (Article 53)（団体名義の著作物の保護期間） — address `art-53` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-53 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-53 - 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. --- ### 第五十三条（団体名義の著作物の保護期間） — (The Term of Protection for Works Attributed to an Organization) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-53 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-53 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-53 **第一項** 法人その他の団体が著作の名義を有する著作物の著作権は、その著作物の公表後七十年（その著作物がその創作後七十年以内に公表されなかつたときは、その創作後七十年）を経過するまでの間、存続する。 art-53/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-53/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-53/par-1 The copyright to a work whose authorship is attributed to a corporation or other organization subsists for a period of 70 years after the work is made public (or for a period of 70 years after the creation of the work, if the work is not made public within 70 years of its creation). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定は、法人その他の団体が著作の名義を有する著作物の著作者である個人が同項の期間内にその実名又は周知の変名を著作者名として表示してその著作物を公表したときは、適用しない。 art-53/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-53/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-53/par-2 The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply if the individual who is the author of a work whose authorship is attributed to a corporation or other corporate body, makes the work public and uses that individual's true name or the pseudonym by which that individual is commonly known to indicate the name of the author, within the period referred to in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第十五条第二項の規定により法人その他の団体が著作者である著作物の著作権の存続期間に関しては、第一項の著作物に該当する著作物以外の著作物についても、当該団体が著作の名義を有するものとみなして同項の規定を適用する。 art-53/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-53/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-53/par-3 With respect to the duration of copyright for a work whose authorship has been attributed to a corporation or other corporate body pursuant to the provisions of Article 15, paragraph (2), even if such a work does not fall under the category of works provided for in paragraph (1), it is deemed to be attributed to the relevant corporate body, and the provisions of paragraph (1) apply. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-53/par-2: 前項 → 著作権法 第五十三条第一項 (Article 53, paragraph (1)), art-53/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-53/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-53/par-1 - art-53/par-3: 第十五条第二項 → 著作権法 第十五条第二項 (Article 15, paragraph (2)), art-15/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-15/par-2 - art-53/par-3: 第一項 → 著作権法 第五十三条第一項 (Article 53, paragraph (1)), art-53/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-53/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-53/par-1 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 著作権法 第五十三条第二項（団体名義の著作物の保護期間） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-53/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-53/par-2 - 著作権法 第五十三条第三項（団体名義の著作物の保護期間） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-53/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-53/par-3 - 著作権法 第五十四条第三項（映画の著作物の保護期間） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-54/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-54/par-3 - 著作権法 第五十六条第一項（継続的刊行物等の公表の時） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-56/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-56/par-1 - 著作権法 第五十七条第一項（保護期間の計算方法） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-57/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-57/par-1 - 著作権法 第五十八条第一項（保護期間の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-58/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-58/par-1 - 著作権法 附則第七条第一項（著作権法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4281-108/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4281-108/art-7/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