# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第六十八条 (Article 68) - 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: 第六十八条 (Article 68)（著作物の放送等） — address `art-68` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-68 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-68 - 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. --- ### 第六十八条（著作物の放送等） — (Broadcasting of Works) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-68 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-68 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-68 **第一項** 公表された著作物を放送し、又は放送同時配信等しようとする放送事業者又は放送同時配信等事業者は、次の各号のいずれにも該当するときは、文化庁長官の裁定を受け、かつ、通常の使用料の額に相当するものとして文化庁長官が定める額の補償金を著作権者に支払つて、その著作物を放送し、又は放送同時配信等することができる。 art-68/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-68/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-68/par-1 A broadcaster or simultaneous broadcasting service seeking to broadcast a work that has been made public or transmit such work via simultaneous broadcasting may, if all of the following items are satisfied, broadcast the work or transmit the work via simultaneous broadcasting pursuant to a compulsory license by the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs, and after paying compensation to the copyright owner in the amount that has been fixed by the Commissioner as equivalent to the ordinary rate of royalties. machine translation, not official **一** 著作権者に対し放送又は放送同時配信等の許諾につき協議を求めたが、その協議が成立せず、又はその協議をすることができないこと。 art-68/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-68/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-68/par-1/item-1 the broadcaster or simultaneous broadcasting service has requested the copyright owner to agree to authorize its broadcast of the work or transmission of the work via simultaneous broadcasting, but an agreement cannot be reached or deliberations about this cannot be entered into; machine translation, not official **二** 著作者が当該著作物の放送、放送同時配信等その他の利用を廃絶しようとしていることが明らかでないこと。 art-68/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-68/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-68/par-1/item-2 it is not clear that the author intends to discontinue the broadcast, simultaneous broadcasting or other exploitation of the work; machine translation, not official **三** 著作権者がその著作物の放送又は放送同時配信等の許諾を与えないことについてやむを得ない事情があると認められないこと。 art-68/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-68/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-68/par-1/item-3 it is not recognized that there are unavoidable circumstances for the copyright owner's not granting authorization to broadcast the work or transmit it via simultaneous broadcasting. machine translation, not official **第二項** 前項の規定により放送され、又は放送同時配信等される著作物は、有線放送し、地域限定特定入力型自動公衆送信を行い、又は受信装置を用いて公に伝達することができる。この場合において、当該有線放送、地域限定特定入力型自動公衆送信又は伝達を行う者は、第三十八条第二項及び第三項の規定の適用がある場合を除き、通常の使用料の額に相当する額の補償金を著作権者に支払わなければならない。 art-68/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-68/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-68/par-2 A work that is broadcast or transmitted via simultaneous broadcasting pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph may also be cablecast, transmitted via area-limited specified input-type automatic public transmission, or communicated publicly through a receiver. In this case, except in a case to which the provisions of Article 38, paragraphs (2) and (3) apply, the person that makes that cablecast, transmits the area-limited specified input-type automatic public transmission, or sends the communication must pay the copyright owner compensation in an amount equivalent to the ordinary rate of royalties. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 文化庁長官は、第一項の裁定の申請があつたときは、その旨を当該申請に係る著作権者に通知し、相当の期間を指定して、意見を述べる機会を与えなければならない。 art-68/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-68/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-68/par-3 Upon receipt of an application for the compulsory license referred to in paragraph (1), the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs must notify the copyright owner affected by the application of this, and must afford that owner an opportunity to express an opinion, specifying an adequate period of time for this. machine translation, not official **第四項** 第六十七条第四項、第六項及び第七項の規定は、第一項の裁定について準用する。この場合において、同条第七項中「申請者」とあるのは「申請者及び著作権者」と、同項第一号中「第五項各号に掲げる事項」とあるのは「その旨」と読み替えるものとする。 art-68/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-68/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-68/par-4 The provisions of Article 67, paragraphs (4), (6) and (7) apply mutatis mutandis to the compulsory license referred to in paragraph (1). In this case, the phrase "the applicant" in paragraph (7) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "the applicant and the copyright owner", and the phrase "the matters set forth in the items of paragraph (5)" in item (i) of that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "that fact". machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-68/par-2: 前項 → 著作権法 第六十八条第一項 (Article 68, paragraph (1)), art-68/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-68/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-68/par-1 - art-68/par-2: 第三十八条第二項 → 著作権法 第三十八条第二項 (Article 38, paragraph (2)), art-38/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-38/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-38/par-2 - art-68/par-2: 第三項 → 著作権法 第三十八条第三項 (Article 38, paragraph (3)), art-38/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-38/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-38/par-3 - art-68/par-3: 第一項 → 著作権法 第六十八条第一項 (Article 68, paragraph (1)), art-68/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-68/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-68/par-1 - art-68/par-4: 第六十七条第四項 → 著作権法 第六十七条第四項 (Article 67, paragraph (4)), art-67/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-67/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-67/par-4 - art-68/par-4: 第六項 → 著作権法 第六十七条第六項 (Article 67, paragraph (6)), art-67/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-67/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-67/par-6 - art-68/par-4: 第七項 → 著作権法 第六十七条第七項 (Article 67, paragraph (7)), art-67/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-67/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-67/par-7 - art-68/par-4: 第一項 → 著作権法 第六十八条第一項 (Article 68, paragraph (1)), art-68/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-68/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-68/par-1 - art-68/par-4: 同項第一号 → 著作権法 第六十七条第七項第一号 (Article 67, paragraph (7), item (i)), art-67/par-7/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-67/par-7/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-67/par-7/item-1 - art-68/par-4: 第五項 → 著作権法 第六十七条第五項 (Article 67, paragraph (5)), art-67/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-67/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-67/par-5 ## Cited by 14 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 著作権法 第三十条の三第一項（検討の過程における利用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-30-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-30-3/par-1 - 著作権法 第六十八条第二項（著作物の放送等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-68/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-68/par-2 - 著作権法 第六十八条第三項（著作物の放送等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-68/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-68/par-3 - 著作権法 第六十八条第四項（著作物の放送等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-68/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-68/par-4 - 著作権法 第六十九条第二項（商業用レコードへの録音等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-69/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-69/par-2 - 著作権法 第七十条第一項（裁定に関する事項の政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-70/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-70/par-1 - 著作権法 第七十一条第一項第二号（文化審議会への諮問） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-71/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-71/par-1/item-2 - 著作権法 第七十二条第一項（補償金の額についての訴え） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-72/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-72/par-1 - 著作権法 第七十三条第一項（補償金の額についての審査請求の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-73/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-73/par-1 - 著作権法 第七十四条第一項（補償金等の供託） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-74/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-74/par-1 - 著作権法 第九十三条の三第九項（放送等のための固定物等による放送同時配信等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-93-3/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-93-3/par-9 - 著作権法 第九十五条第十二項（商業用レコードの二次使用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-95/par-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-95/par-12 - 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 - 著作権法 附則第十一条第三項（裁定による著作物の利用についての経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-3451-48/art-11/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-3451-48/art-11/par-3 --- ## 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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch copyright-act-20261019T151240-003, translated 2026-10-20 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch copyright-act-20261019T155604-001, translated 2026-10-20 - This site's parser, version 210 — 著作権法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19