# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第九十四条 (Article 94) - 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: 第九十四条 (Article 94)（特定実演家と連絡することができない場合の放送同時配信等） — address `art-94` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-94 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-94 - 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. --- ### 第九十四条（特定実演家と連絡することができない場合の放送同時配信等） — (Simultaneous Broadcasting in Cases of Inability to Contact Specified Performers) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-94 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-94 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-94 **第一項** 第九十三条の二第一項の規定により同項第一号に掲げる放送において実演が放送される場合において、当該放送を行う放送事業者又は当該放送事業者と密接な関係を有する放送同時配信等事業者は、次に掲げる措置の全てを講じてもなお当該実演に係る特定実演家と連絡することができないときは、契約に別段の定めがない限り、その事情につき、著作権等管理事業者であつて全国を通じて一個に限りその同意を得て文化庁長官が指定したもの（以下この条において「指定補償金管理事業者」という。）の確認を受け、かつ、通常の使用料の額に相当する額の補償金であつて特定実演家に支払うべきものを指定補償金管理事業者に支払うことにより、放送事業者にあつては当該放送に用いる録音物又は録画物を用いて、放送同時配信等事業者にあつては当該放送に係る放送番組の供給を受けて、当該実演の放送同時配信等を行うことができる。 art-94/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-94/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-94/par-1 If a performance is broadcast in a broadcast set forth in Article 93-2, paragraph (1) item (i) pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph, and a broadcaster that broadcasts the performance or a simultaneous broadcasting service that has a close relationship with the broadcaster is unable to contact a specified performer of the performance even after taking all of the following measures, the broadcaster or simultaneous broadcasting service may, unless otherwise stipulated in the contract, transmit the performance via simultaneous broadcasting by, in cases of the broadcaster, using the sound or visual recording used in the broadcast, or in cases of the simultaneous broadcasting service, receiving the broadcast program of the broadcast supplied by the broadcaster, if the broadcaster or simultaneous broadcasting service obtains confirmation regarding the reasons for such inability from a copyright management service whose consent has been obtained and which the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs has designated as the only such service in the country (hereinafter in this Article referred to as the "designated compensation management service"), and pays the designated compensation management service compensation in an amount equivalent to the ordinary rate of royalties that is due to be paid to the specified performer: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 当該特定実演家の連絡先を保有している場合には、当該連絡先に宛てて連絡を行うこと。 art-94/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-94/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-94/par-1/item-1 contacting the specified performer at the point of contact if the contact information is available; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 著作権等管理事業者であつて実演について管理を行つているものに対し照会すること。 art-94/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-94/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-94/par-1/item-2 making inquiries with a copyright management service that engages in management of performances; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 前条第一項に規定する公表がされているかどうかを確認すること。 art-94/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-94/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-94/par-1/item-3 confirming whether the information has been disclosed as provided for in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 放送同時配信等することを予定している放送番組の名称、当該特定実演家の氏名その他の文化庁長官が定める情報を文化庁長官が定める方法により公表すること。 art-94/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-94/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-94/par-1/item-4 disclosing information specified by the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs, including the title of the broadcast program scheduled to be transmitted via simultaneous broadcasting and the name of the specified performer, by a method specified by the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の確認を受けようとする放送事業者又は放送同時配信等事業者は、同項各号に掲げる措置の全てを適切に講じてもなお放送同時配信等しようとする実演に係る特定実演家と連絡することができないことを疎明する資料を指定補償金管理事業者に提出しなければならない。 art-94/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-94/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-94/par-2 A broadcaster or simultaneous broadcasting service that intends to obtain confirmation referred to in the preceding paragraph must submit to the designated compensation management service materials to support a prima facie showing of their inability to contact the specified performer of the performance to be transmitted via simultaneous broadcasting even after taking all of the measures set forth in one of the items of that paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の規定により補償金を受領した指定補償金管理事業者は、同項の規定により放送同時配信等された実演に係る特定実演家から請求があつた場合には、当該特定実演家に当該補償金を支払わなければならない。 art-94/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-94/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-94/par-3 The designated compensation management service that has received compensation pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) must pay the compensation to the specified performer of the performance transmitted via simultaneous broadcasting pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph if so requested by the specified performer. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前条第四項の規定は第一項の規定による指定について、同条第五項から第十三項までの規定は第一項の補償金及び指定補償金管理事業者について、それぞれ準用する。この場合において、同条第四項第四号中「第二項の報酬を受ける権利を有する者（次項及び第七項において「権利者」という。）のためにその権利を行使する」とあるのは「次条第一項の確認及び同項の補償金に係る」と、同条第五項中「権利者」とあるのは「特定実演家」と、同条第六項中「第二項の報酬」とあるのは「次条第一項の確認及び同項の補償金」と、同条第七項中「第三項の規定により権利者のために請求することができる報酬」とあるのは「次条第一項の規定により受領する補償金」と読み替えるものとする。 art-94/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-94/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-94/par-4 The provisions of paragraph (4) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the designation under the provisions of paragraph (1), and the provisions of paragraphs (5) through (13) of that Article apply mutatis mutandis to the compensation and designated compensation management service referred to in paragraph (1). In this case: in paragraph (4), item (iv) of that Article, the phrase "involved in exercising the right to receive the remuneration referred to in paragraph (2) on behalf of the persons that own those rights (hereinafter in the following paragraph and paragraph (7) referred to as "right holders")" is deemed to be replaced with "relevant to the confirmation referred to in paragraph (1) of the following Article and the compensation referred to in that paragraph"; in paragraph (5) of that Article, the term "right holder" is deemed to be replaced with "specified performer"; in paragraph (6) of that Article, the phrase "remuneration referred to in paragraph (2)" is deemed to be replaced with "confirmation referred to in paragraph (1) of the following Article and the compensation referred to in that paragraph"; in paragraph (7) of that Article, the phrase "remuneration that a designated remuneration management service may demand on behalf of a right holder pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3)" is deemed to be replaced with "compensation that a designated remuneration management service receives pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the following Article." Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-94/par-1: 第九十三条の二第一項 → 著作権法 第九十三条の二第一項 (Article 93-2, paragraph (1)), art-93-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-93-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-93-2/par-1 - art-94/par-1: 同項第一号 → 著作権法 第九十三条の二第一項第一号 (Article 93-2, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-93-2/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-93-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-93-2/par-1/item-1 - art-94/par-1: この条 → 著作権法 第九十四条 (Article 94), art-94 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-94 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-94 - art-94/par-1/item-3: 前条第一項 → 著作権法 第九十三条の三第一項 (Article 93-3, paragraph (1)), art-93-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-93-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-93-3/par-1 - art-94/par-2: 前項 → 著作権法 第九十四条第一項 (Article 94, paragraph (1)), art-94/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-94/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-94/par-1 - art-94/par-3: 第一項 → 著作権法 第九十四条第一項 (Article 94, paragraph (1)), art-94/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-94/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-94/par-1 - art-94/par-4: 前条第四項 → 著作権法 第九十三条の三第四項 (Article 93-3, paragraph (4)), art-93-3/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-93-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-93-3/par-4 - art-94/par-4: 第一項 → 著作権法 第九十四条第一項 (Article 94, paragraph (1)), art-94/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-94/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-94/par-1 - art-94/par-4: 同条第五項から第十三項まで → 著作権法 第九十三条の三第十項 (Article 93-3, paragraph (10)), art-93-3/par-10 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-93-3/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-93-3/par-10 - art-94/par-4: 同条第五項から第十三項まで → 著作権法 第九十三条の三第十一項 (Article 93-3, paragraph (11)), art-93-3/par-11 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-93-3/par-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-93-3/par-11 - art-94/par-4: 同条第五項から第十三項まで → 著作権法 第九十三条の三第十二項 (Article 93-3, paragraph (12)), art-93-3/par-12 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-93-3/par-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-93-3/par-12 - art-94/par-4: 同条第五項から第十三項まで → 著作権法 第九十三条の三第十三項 (Article 93-3, paragraph (13)), art-93-3/par-13 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-93-3/par-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-93-3/par-13 - art-94/par-4: 同条第五項から第十三項まで → 著作権法 第九十三条の三第五項 (Article 93-3, paragraph (5)), art-93-3/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-93-3/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-93-3/par-5 - art-94/par-4: 同条第五項から第十三項まで → 著作権法 第九十三条の三第六項 (Article 93-3, paragraph (6)), art-93-3/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-93-3/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-93-3/par-6 - art-94/par-4: 同条第五項から第十三項まで → 著作権法 第九十三条の三第七項 (Article 93-3, paragraph (7)), art-93-3/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-93-3/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-93-3/par-7 - art-94/par-4: 同条第五項から第十三項まで → 著作権法 第九十三条の三第八項 (Article 93-3, paragraph (8)), art-93-3/par-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-93-3/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-93-3/par-8 - art-94/par-4: 同条第五項から第十三項まで → 著作権法 第九十三条の三第九項 (Article 93-3, paragraph (9)), art-93-3/par-9 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-93-3/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-93-3/par-9 - art-94/par-4: 同条第四項第四号 → 著作権法 第九十三条の三第四項第四号 (Article 93-3, paragraph (4), item (iv)), art-93-3/par-4/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-93-3/par-4/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-93-3/par-4/item-4 - art-94/par-4: 第二項 → 著作権法 第九十三条の三第二項 (Article 93-3, paragraph (2)), art-93-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-93-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-93-3/par-2 - art-94/par-4: 第三項 → 著作権法 第九十三条の三第三項 (Article 93-3, paragraph (3)), art-93-3/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-93-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-93-3/par-3 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 著作権法 第九十四条第一項（特定実演家と連絡することができない場合の放送同時配信等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-94/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-94/par-1 - 著作権法 第九十四条第二項（特定実演家と連絡することができない場合の放送同時配信等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-94/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-94/par-2 - 著作権法 第九十四条第三項（特定実演家と連絡することができない場合の放送同時配信等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-94/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-94/par-3 - 著作権法 第九十四条第四項（特定実演家と連絡することができない場合の放送同時配信等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-94/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-94/par-4 - 著作権法 附則第四条第一項（著作権等管理事業者の指定等に関する準備行為） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-5031-52/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5031-52/art-4/par-1 - 著作権法 附則第四条第二項（著作権等管理事業者の指定等に関する準備行為） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-5031-52/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5031-52/art-4/par-2 --- ## 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