# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第七十九条 (Article 79) - 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: 第七十九条 (Article 79)（出版権の設定） — address `art-79` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-79 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-79 - 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. --- ### 第七十九条（出版権の設定） — (Establishment of Print Rights) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-79 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-79 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-79 **第一項** 第二十一条又は第二十三条第一項に規定する権利を有する者（以下この章において「複製権等保有者」という。）は、その著作物について、文書若しくは図画として出版すること（電子計算機を用いてその映像面に文書又は図画として表示されるようにする方式により記録媒体に記録し、当該記録媒体に記録された当該著作物の複製物により頒布することを含む。次条第二項及び第八十一条第一号において「出版行為」という。）又は当該方式により記録媒体に記録された当該著作物の複製物を用いて公衆送信（放送又は有線放送を除き、自動公衆送信の場合にあつては送信可能化を含む。以下この章において同じ。）を行うこと（次条第二項及び第八十一条第二号において「公衆送信行為」という。）を引き受ける者に対し、出版権を設定することができる。 art-79/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-79/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-79/par-1 The owner of the right set forth in Article 21 or Article 23, paragraph (1) (hereinafter in this Chapter referred to as "the owner of reproduction rights or public transmission rights") may establish a print right in favor of a person that undertakes to either print the work as a piece of writing or as a picture (this includes recording the work on a recording medium in a format that makes it possible to use a computer to display the work as a piece of writing or picture on a computer screen, and distributing the copy of that work that has been recorded onto that recording medium; referred to as "the act of printing" in Article 80, paragraph (2) and Article 81, item (i)) or to transmit the work to the public (this in includes making it transmittable, other than through a broadcast or cablecast, if the work is transmitted via automatic public transmission; hereinafter the same applies in this Chapter) using a copy of that work that has been recorded on a recording medium in the relevant format (referred to as "the act of public transmission" in Article 80, paragraph (2) and Article 81, item (ii)). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 複製権等保有者は、その複製権又は公衆送信権を目的とする質権が設定されているときは、当該質権を有する者の承諾を得た場合に限り、出版権を設定することができるものとする。 art-79/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-79/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-79/par-2 If a pledge has been established on the right of reproduction or right to transmit to the public, the owner of reproduction rights or public transmission rights may establish print rights only with the authorization of the pledgee. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-79/par-1: 第二十一条 → 著作権法 第二十一条 (Article 21), art-21 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-21 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-21 - art-79/par-1: 第二十三条第一項 → 著作権法 第二十三条第一項 (Article 23, paragraph (1)), art-23/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-23/par-1 - art-79/par-1: 次条第二項 → 著作権法 第八十条第二項 (Article 80, paragraph (2)), art-80/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-80/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-80/par-2 - art-79/par-1: 第八十一条第一号 → 著作権法 第八十一条第一項第一号 (Article 81, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-81/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-81/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-81/par-1/item-1 - art-79/par-1: 第八十一条第二号 → 著作権法 第八十一条第一項第二号 (Article 81, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-81/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-81/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-81/par-1/item-2 ## Cited by 12 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 著作権法 第三条第一項（著作物の発行） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-3/par-1 - 著作権法 第四条第一項（著作物の公表） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-4/par-1 - 著作権法 第四条第二項（著作物の公表） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-4/par-2 - 著作権法 第三十一条第二項（図書館等における複製等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-31/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-31/par-2 - 著作権法 第三十一条第十項（図書館等における複製等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-31/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-31/par-10 - 著作権法 第三十七条第三項（視覚障害者等のための複製等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-37/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-37/par-3 - 著作権法 第三十七条の二第一項（聴覚障害者等のための複製等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-37-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-37-2/par-1 - 著作権法 第八十条第一項第一号（出版権の内容） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-80/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-80/par-1/item-1 - 著作権法 第八十条第一項第二号（出版権の内容） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-80/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-80/par-1/item-2 - 著作権法 第八十条第四項（出版権の内容） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-80/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-80/par-4 - 著作権法 第八十六条第二項第一号（出版権の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-86/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-86/par-2/item-1 - 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 --- ## 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