# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第八十一条 (Article 81) - 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: 第八十一条 (Article 81)（出版の義務） — address `art-81` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-81 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-81 - 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. --- ### 第八十一条（出版の義務） — (Obligation to Print) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-81 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-81 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-81 **第一項** 出版権者は、次の各号に掲げる区分に応じ、その出版権の目的である著作物につき当該各号に定める義務を負う。ただし、設定行為に別段の定めがある場合は、この限りでない。 art-81/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-81/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-81/par-1 The owner of print rights has the obligation set forth in the relevant of the following items for the category set forth in that item in connection with the work subject to the print right; provided, however, that this does not apply if otherwise stipulated in the act of establishment: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 前条第一項第一号に掲げる権利に係る出版権者（次条において「第一号出版権者」という。）　次に掲げる義務 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 the owner of print rights connected with the rights provided for in Article 80, paragraph (1), item (i) (referred to as "the owner of item (i) print rights" in the following Article) has the following obligations: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **イ** 複製権等保有者からその著作物を複製するために必要な原稿その他の原品若しくはこれに相当する物の引渡し又はその著作物に係る電磁的記録の提供を受けた日から六月以内に当該著作物について出版行為を行う義務 art-81/par-1/item-1/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-81/par-1/item-1/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-81/par-1/item-1/sub-1 the obligation to undertake the act of printing for a work within a period of six months after the date on which the owner of print rights has been transferred the manuscript or other original copies or anything else equivalent thereto or been provided with the electronic or magnetic record of the work that is necessary for reproducing the work, by the owner of the reproduction rights or public transmission rights; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ロ** 当該著作物について慣行に従い継続して出版行為を行う義務 art-81/par-1/item-1/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-81/par-1/item-1/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-81/par-1/item-1/sub-2 the obligation to continually undertake the act of printing for the work in conformity with business practices; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 前条第一項第二号に掲げる権利に係る出版権者（次条第一項第二号及び第百四条の十の三第二号ロにおいて「第二号出版権者」という。）　次に掲げる義務 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 the owner of print rights connected with the rights provided for in Article 80, paragraph (1), item (ii) (referred to as "the owner of item (ii) print rights" in paragraph (1), item (ii) of the following Article and Article 104-10-3, item (ii), (b)) has the following obligations: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **イ** 複製権等保有者からその著作物について公衆送信を行うために必要な原稿その他の原品若しくはこれに相当する物の引渡し又はその著作物に係る電磁的記録の提供を受けた日から六月以内に当該著作物について公衆送信行為を行う義務 art-81/par-1/item-2/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-81/par-1/item-2/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-81/par-1/item-2/sub-1 the obligation to undertake the act of public transmission for a work within a period of six months after the date on which the owner of print rights has been transferred the manuscript or other original copies or anything else equivalent thereto or been provided with the electronic or magnetic record of the work that is necessary for transmitting the work to the public, by the owner of the reproduction rights or public transmission rights; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ロ** 当該著作物について慣行に従い継続して公衆送信行為を行う義務 art-81/par-1/item-2/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-81/par-1/item-2/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-81/par-1/item-2/sub-2 the obligation to continually undertake the act of public transmission for the work in conformity with business practices. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-81/par-1/item-1: 前条第一項第一号 → 著作権法 第八十条第一項第一号 (Article 80, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-80/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-80/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-80/par-1/item-1 - art-81/par-1/item-1: 次条 → 著作権法 第八十二条 (Article 82), art-82 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-82 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-82 - art-81/par-1/item-2: 前条第一項第二号 → 著作権法 第八十条第一項第二号 (Article 80, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-80/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-80/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-80/par-1/item-2 - art-81/par-1/item-2: 次条第一項第二号 → 著作権法 第八十二条第一項第二号 (Article 82, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-82/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-82/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-82/par-1/item-2 - art-81/par-1/item-2: 第百四条の十の三第二号 → 著作権法 第百四条の十の三第一項第二号 (Article 104-10-3, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-104-10-3/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-104-10-3/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-10-3/par-1/item-2 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 著作権法 第七十九条第一項（出版権の設定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-79/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-79/par-1 - 著作権法 第八十四条第一項（出版権の消滅の請求） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-84/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-84/par-1 - 著作権法 第八十四条第二項（出版権の消滅の請求） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-84/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-84/par-2 - 著作権法 附則第十三条第三項（出版権についての経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-3451-48/art-13/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-3451-48/art-13/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