# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第六十一条 (Article 61) - 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: 第六十一条 (Article 61)（著作権の譲渡） — address `art-61` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-61 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-61 - 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. --- ### 第六十一条（著作権の譲渡） — (Transfer of Copyright) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-61 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-61 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-61 **第一項** 著作権は、その全部又は一部を譲渡することができる。 art-61/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-61/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-61/par-1 Copyrights may be transferred in whole or in part. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 著作権を譲渡する契約において、第二十七条又は第二十八条に規定する権利が譲渡の目的として特掲されていないときは、これらの権利は、譲渡した者に留保されたものと推定する。 art-61/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-61/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-61/par-2 If a contract for the transfer of a copyright makes no particular reference to the rights set forth in Articles 27 and 28, these rights are presumed to be retained by the transferor. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-61/par-2: 第二十七条 → 著作権法 第二十七条 (Article 27), art-27 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-27 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-27 - art-61/par-2: 第二十八条 → 著作権法 第二十八条 (Article 28), art-28 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-28 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-28 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 著作権法 第百三条第一項（著作隣接権の譲渡、行使等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-103/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-103/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