# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第六十六条 (Article 66) - 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: 第六十六条 (Article 66)（質権の目的となつた著作権） — address `art-66` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-66 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-66 - 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. --- ### 第六十六条（質権の目的となつた著作権） — (Copyrights That Have Become Subject to Pledge) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-66 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-66 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-66 **第一項** 著作権は、これを目的として質権を設定した場合においても、設定行為に別段の定めがない限り、著作権者が行使するものとする。 art-66/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-66/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-66/par-1 The copyright owner is entitled to exercise a copyright even if a pledge has been established with the copyright as its subject, unless otherwise stipulated in the act of establishing the pledge. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 著作権を目的とする質権は、当該著作権の譲渡又は当該著作権に係る著作物の利用につき著作権者が受けるべき金銭その他の物（出版権の設定の対価を含む。）に対しても、行なうことができる。ただし、これらの支払又は引渡し前に、これらを受ける権利を差し押えることを必要とする。 art-66/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-66/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-66/par-2 A pledge may be exercised with respect to money or any other thing the copyright owner would receive from the transfer of the copyright or the exploitation of the work (including consideration for the establishment of a print right); provided, however, that the attachment of the right to receive such things is required before their payment or transfer to the pledgee. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## 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