# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第九十四条の三 (Article 94-3) - 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: 第九十四条の三 (Article 94-3)（商業用レコードに録音されている実演の放送同時配信等） — address `art-94-3` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-94-3 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-94-3 - 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. --- ### 第九十四条の三（商業用レコードに録音されている実演の放送同時配信等） — (Simultaneous Broadcasting of Performances Whose Sound Has Been Recorded onto Commercial Phonograms) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-94-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-94-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-94-3 **第一項** 放送事業者、有線放送事業者又は放送同時配信等事業者は、第九十一条第一項に規定する権利を有する者の許諾を得て商業用レコード（送信可能化されたレコードを含む。次項、次条第一項、第九十六条の三第一項及び第二項並びに第九十七条第一項及び第三項において同じ。）に録音されている実演（当該実演に係る第九十二条の二第一項に規定する権利について著作権等管理事業者による管理が行われているもの又は文化庁長官が定める方法により当該実演に係る特定実演家の氏名若しくは名称、放送同時配信等の許諾の申込みを受け付けるための連絡先その他の円滑な許諾のために必要な情報であつて文化庁長官が定めるものの公表がされているものを除く。）について放送同時配信等を行うことができる。 art-94-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-94-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-94-3/par-1 A broadcaster, cablecaster or simultaneous broadcasting service may transmit via simultaneous broadcasting a performance whose sound has been recorded onto a commercial phonogram (including phonograms made available for transmissions; the same applies in the following paragraph, paragraph (1) of the following Article, Article 96-3, paragraphs (1) and (2), and Article 97, paragraphs (1) and (3)) with the authorization of the owner of the right provided for in Article 91, paragraph (1) (excluding performances for which a copyright management service manages the right provided for in Article 92-2, paragraph (1), or performances for which information necessary for smooth authorization, including the name of the specified performer and the contact information for accepting applications for authorization of simultaneous broadcasting, as specified by the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs, has been disclosed 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** 前項の場合において、商業用レコードを用いて同項の実演の放送同時配信等を行つたときは、放送事業者、有線放送事業者又は放送同時配信等事業者は、通常の使用料の額に相当する額の補償金を当該実演に係る特定実演家に支払わなければならない。 art-94-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-94-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-94-3/par-2 Having transmitted a performance referred to in that paragraph via simultaneous broadcasting using a commercial phonogram, a broadcaster, cablecaster or simultaneous broadcasting service must pay compensation in an amount equivalent to the ordinary rate of royalties to the specified performer of the performance. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の補償金を受ける権利は、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するものがあるときは、当該著作権等管理事業者によつてのみ行使することができる。 art-94-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-94-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-94-3/par-3 If a copyright management service is in existence, 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, it is permissible for the right to receive the compensation referred to in the preceding paragraph to be exercised exclusively through the copyright management service. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第九十三条の三第四項の規定は前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二項の補償金及び前項の規定による指定を受けた著作権等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」とあるのは「第九十四条の三第二項の補償金」と、同条第七項及び第十項中「放送事業者」とあるのは「放送事業者、有線放送事業者」と読み替えるものとする。 art-94-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-94-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-94-3/par-4 The provisions of Article 93-3, paragraph (4) apply mutatis mutandis to the designation under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, and the provisions of paragraphs (5) through (13) of that Article apply mutatis mutandis to the compensation referred to in paragraph (2) and the designated copyright management service pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph. In this case, in paragraph (4), item (iv) of that Article, the phrase "remuneration referred to in paragraph (2)" is deemed to be replaced with "compensation referred to in Article 94-3, paragraph (2)," and in paragraphs (7) and (10) of that Article, the term "broadcaster" is deemed to be replaced with "broadcaster, cablecaster." Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-94-3/par-1: 第九十一条第一項 → 著作権法 第九十一条第一項 (Article 91, paragraph (1)), art-91/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-91/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-91/par-1 - art-94-3/par-1: 次項 → 著作権法 第九十四条の三第二項 (Article 94-3, paragraph (2)), art-94-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-94-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-94-3/par-2 - art-94-3/par-1: 次条第一項 → 著作権法 第九十五条第一項 (Article 95, paragraph (1)), art-95/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-95/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-95/par-1 - art-94-3/par-1: 第九十六条の三第一項 → 著作権法 第九十六条の三第一項 (Article 96-3, paragraph (1)), art-96-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-96-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-96-3/par-1 - art-94-3/par-1: 第二項 → 著作権法 第九十六条の三第二項 (Article 96-3, paragraph (2)), art-96-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-96-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-96-3/par-2 - art-94-3/par-1: 第九十七条第一項 → 著作権法 第九十七条第一項 (Article 97, paragraph (1)), art-97/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-97/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-97/par-1 - art-94-3/par-1: 第三項 → 著作権法 第九十七条第三項 (Article 97, paragraph (3)), art-97/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-97/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-97/par-3 - art-94-3/par-1: 第九十二条の二第一項 → 著作権法 第九十二条の二第一項 (Article 92-2, paragraph (1)), art-92-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-92-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-92-2/par-1 - art-94-3/par-2: 前項 → 著作権法 第九十四条の三第一項 (Article 94-3, paragraph (1)), art-94-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-94-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-94-3/par-1 - art-94-3/par-3: 前項 → 著作権法 第九十四条の三第二項 (Article 94-3, paragraph (2)), art-94-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-94-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-94-3/par-2 - art-94-3/par-4: 第九十三条の三第四項 → 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-94-3/par-4: 前項 → 著作権法 第九十四条の三第三項 (Article 94-3, paragraph (3)), art-94-3/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-94-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-94-3/par-3 - art-94-3/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-94-3/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-94-3/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-94-3/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-94-3/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-94-3/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-94-3/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-94-3/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-94-3/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-94-3/par-4: 第二項 → 著作権法 第九十四条の三第二項 (Article 94-3, paragraph (2)), art-94-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-94-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-94-3/par-2 - art-94-3/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-94-3/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 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 著作権法 第九十三条の三第一項（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-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-93-3/par-1 - 著作権法 第九十四条の三第一項（商業用レコードに録音されている実演の放送同時配信等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-94-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-94-3/par-1 - 著作権法 第九十四条の三第二項（商業用レコードに録音されている実演の放送同時配信等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-94-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-94-3/par-2 - 著作権法 第九十四条の三第三項（商業用レコードに録音されている実演の放送同時配信等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-94-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-94-3/par-3 - 著作権法 第九十四条の三第四項（商業用レコードに録音されている実演の放送同時配信等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-94-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-94-3/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