# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第九十七条の二 (Article 97-2) - 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: 第九十七条の二 (Article 97-2)（譲渡権） — address `art-97-2` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-97-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-97-2 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第九十七条の二（譲渡権） — (Right of Transfer) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-97-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-97-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-97-2 **第一項** レコード製作者は、そのレコードをその複製物の譲渡により公衆に提供する権利を専有する。 art-97-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-97-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-97-2/par-1 The producer of a phonogram has the exclusive right to make that phonogram available to the public through the transfer of copies thereof. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定は、レコードの複製物で次の各号のいずれかに該当するものの譲渡による場合には、適用しない。 art-97-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-97-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-97-2/par-2 The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply if a phonogram is made available to the public through the transfer of copies that fall under a category provided for in one of the following items: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 前項に規定する権利を有する者又はその許諾を得た者により公衆に譲渡されたレコードの複製物 art-97-2/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-97-2/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-97-2/par-2/item-1 copies of a phonogram that are transferred to the public by the owner of the right provided for in the preceding paragraph or a person authorized thereby; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 第百三条において準用する第六十七条第一項又は第六十七条の三第一項の規定による裁定を受けて公衆に譲渡されたレコードの複製物 art-97-2/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-97-2/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-97-2/par-2/item-2 copies of a phonogram that are transferred to the public based on a compulsory license referred to in Article 67, paragraph (1) or Article 67-3, paragraph (1), as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 103; machine translation, not official **三** 第百三条において準用する第六十七条の二第一項の規定の適用を受けて公衆に譲渡されたレコードの複製物 art-97-2/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-97-2/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-97-2/par-2/item-3 copies of a phonogram that are transferred to the public based on the application of the provisions of Article 67-2, paragraph (1), as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 103; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 前項に規定する権利を有する者又はその承諾を得た者により特定かつ少数の者に譲渡されたレコードの複製物 art-97-2/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-97-2/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-97-2/par-2/item-4 copies of a phonogram that are transferred to exclusive groups made up of a few persons by the owner of the right provided for in the preceding paragraph or a person authorized thereby; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **五** 国外において、前項に規定する権利に相当する権利を害することなく、又は同項に規定する権利に相当する権利を有する者若しくはその承諾を得た者により譲渡されたレコードの複製物 art-97-2/par-2/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-97-2/par-2/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-97-2/par-2/item-5 copies of a phonogram that are transferred abroad, without prejudice to any right equivalent to the right provided for in the preceding paragraph, or by the owner of any right equivalent to the right provided for in that paragraph or a person authorized thereby. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-97-2/par-2: 前項 → 著作権法 第九十七条の二第一項 (Article 97-2, paragraph (1)), art-97-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-97-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-97-2/par-1 - art-97-2/par-2/item-1: 前項 → 著作権法 第九十七条の二第一項 (Article 97-2, paragraph (1)), art-97-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-97-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-97-2/par-1 - art-97-2/par-2/item-2: 第百三条 → 著作権法 第百三条 (Article 103), art-103 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-103 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-103 - art-97-2/par-2/item-2: 第六十七条第一項 → 著作権法 第六十七条第一項 (Article 67, paragraph (1)), art-67/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-67/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-67/par-1 - art-97-2/par-2/item-2: 第六十七条の三第一項 → 著作権法 第六十七条の三第一項 (Article 67-3, paragraph (1)), art-67-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-67-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-67-3/par-1 - art-97-2/par-2/item-3: 第百三条 → 著作権法 第百三条 (Article 103), art-103 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-103 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-103 - art-97-2/par-2/item-3: 第六十七条の二第一項 → 著作権法 第六十七条の二第一項 (Article 67-2, paragraph (1)), art-67-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-67-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-67-2/par-1 - art-97-2/par-2/item-4: 前項 → 著作権法 第九十七条の二第一項 (Article 97-2, paragraph (1)), art-97-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-97-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-97-2/par-1 - art-97-2/par-2/item-5: 前項 → 著作権法 第九十七条の二第一項 (Article 97-2, paragraph (1)), art-97-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-97-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-97-2/par-1 ## Cited by 9 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 著作権法 第四条の二第一項（レコードの発行） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-4-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-4-2/par-1 - 著作権法 第八十九条第二項（著作隣接権） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-89/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-89/par-2 - 著作権法 第九十七条の二第二項（譲渡権） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-97-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-97-2/par-2 - 著作権法 第九十七条の二第二項第一号（譲渡権） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-97-2/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-97-2/par-2/item-1 - 著作権法 第九十七条の二第二項第四号（譲渡権） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-97-2/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-97-2/par-2/item-4 - 著作権法 第九十七条の二第二項第五号（譲渡権） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-97-2/par-2/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-97-2/par-2/item-5 - 著作権法 第百十三条の二第一項（善意者に係る譲渡権の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-113-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-113-2/par-1 - 著作権法 附則第三項（暫定措置法の廃止に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-3591-46/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-3591-46/par-3 - 著作権法 附則第二項（経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4111-77/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4111-77/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 - 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