# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第八十八条 (Article 88) - 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: 第八十八条 (Article 88)（出版権の登録） — address `art-88` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-88 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-88 - 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. --- ### 第八十八条（出版権の登録） — (Registration of Print Rights) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-88 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-88 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-88 **第一項** 次に掲げる事項は、登録しなければ、第三者に対抗することができない。 art-88/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-88/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-88/par-1 The following particulars may not be asserted against a third party unless they are registered: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 出版権の設定、移転、変更若しくは消滅（混同又は複製権若しくは公衆送信権の消滅によるものを除く。）又は処分の制限 art-88/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-88/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-88/par-1/item-1 the establishment of a print right, its transfer, alteration, extinguishment (except when due to comingling, or because of the extinguishment of the right of reproduction or right to transmit to the public), or a restriction on its disposal; machine translation, not official **二** 出版権を目的とする質権の設定、移転、変更若しくは消滅（混同又は出版権若しくは担保する債権の消滅によるものを除く。）又は処分の制限 art-88/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-88/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-88/par-1/item-2 the establishment, transfer, alteration, or termination of a right of pledge established on a print right (except when due to a merger of the right of pledge, or because of the termination of the print rights or the claim they secure), or a restriction on its disposal. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 第七十八条（第三項を除く。）の規定は、前項の登録について準用する。この場合において、同条第一項、第二項、第四項、第八項及び第九項中「著作権登録原簿」とあるのは、「出版権登録原簿」と読み替えるものとする。 art-88/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-88/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-88/par-2 The provisions of Article 78 (except paragraph (3)) apply mutatis mutandis to the registration referred to in the preceding paragraph. In this case, the term "copyright register" in Article 78, paragraphs (1), (2), (4), (8), and (9) is deemed to be replaced with "register of print rights". Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-88/par-2: 第七十八条 → 著作権法 第七十八条 (Article 78), art-78 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-78 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-78 - art-88/par-2: 第三項 → 著作権法 第七十八条第三項 (Article 78, paragraph (3)), art-78/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-78/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-78/par-3 - art-88/par-2: 前項 → 著作権法 第八十八条第一項 (Article 88, paragraph (1)), art-88/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-88/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-88/par-1 - art-88/par-2: 同条第一項 → 著作権法 第七十八条第一項 (Article 78, paragraph (1)), art-78/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-78/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-78/par-1 - art-88/par-2: 第二項 → 著作権法 第七十八条第二項 (Article 78, paragraph (2)), art-78/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-78/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-78/par-2 - art-88/par-2: 第四項 → 著作権法 第七十八条第四項 (Article 78, paragraph (4)), art-78/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-78/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-78/par-4 - art-88/par-2: 第八項 → 著作権法 第七十八条第八項 (Article 78, paragraph (8)), art-78/par-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-78/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-78/par-8 - art-88/par-2: 第九項 → 著作権法 第七十八条第九項 (Article 78, paragraph (9)), art-78/par-9 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-78/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-78/par-9 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 住民基本台帳法 別表第一 — https://japanlaw.org/en/residential-basic-book-act/appdx-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/appdx-1 - 著作権法 第八十八条第二項（出版権の登録） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-88/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-88/par-2 - 著作権法 附則第十三条第二項（出版権についての経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-3451-48/art-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-3451-48/art-13/par-2 - 著作権法 附則第二十条第一項（著作権法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4301-72/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4301-72/art-20/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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch copyright-act-20261019T151240-004, 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