# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7) - 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: 第七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7)（著作権法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — address `suppl-4281-108/art-7` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4281-108/art-7 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4281-108/art-7 - 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. --- ### 第七条（著作権法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — Transitional Measures Accompanying the Partial Amendment of the Copyright Act caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4281-108/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4281-108/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4281-108/art-7 **第一項** 第八条の規定による改正後の著作権法（次項及び第三項において「新著作権法」という。）第五十一条第二項、第五十二条第一項、第五十三条第一項、第五十七条並びに第百一条第二項第一号及び第二号の規定は、施行日の前日において現に第八条の規定による改正前の著作権法（以下この項において「旧著作権法」という。）による著作権又は著作隣接権が存する著作物、実演及びレコードについて適用し、同日において旧著作権法による著作権又は著作隣接権が消滅している著作物、実演及びレコードについては、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4281-108/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4281-108/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4281-108/art-7/par-1 The provisions of Article 51, paragraph (2), Article 52, paragraph (1), Article 53, paragraph (1), Article 57, and Article 101, paragraph (2), items (i) and (ii) of the Copyright Act as amended by the provisions of Article 8 (referred to as the "New Copyright Act" in the following two paragraphs) apply to works, performances and phonograms in which copyright or neighboring rights under the Copyright Act before amendment by the provisions of Article 8 (hereinafter referred to as the "Former Copyright Act" in this paragraph) exist on the day preceding the effective date, and the provisions then in force continue to govern works, performances and phonograms in which copyright or neighboring rights under the Former Copyright Act have expired on that day. machine translation, not official **第二項** 新著作権法第百十六条第三項の規定は、著作者又は実演家の死亡の日の属する年の翌年から起算して五十年を経過した日が施行日以後である場合について適用し、その経過した日が施行日前である場合については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4281-108/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4281-108/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4281-108/art-7/par-2 The provisions of Article 116, paragraph (3) of the New Copyright Act apply where the day on which 50 years have passed, counting from the year following that in which the author or performer died, is on or after the effective date, and the provisions then in force continue to govern where that day is before the effective date. machine translation, not official **第三項** 新著作権法第百二十一条の二の規定は、同条各号に掲げる商業用レコード（当該商業用レコードの複製物（二以上の段階にわたる複製に係る複製物を含む。）を含む。）で、当該各号の原盤に音を最初に固定した日の属する年の翌年から起算して五十年を経過した日が施行日前であるもの（当該固定した日が昭和四十二年十二月三十一日以前であるものを含む。）については、適用しない。 suppl-4281-108/art-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4281-108/art-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4281-108/art-7/par-3 The provisions of Article 121-2 of the New Copyright Act do not apply to a commercial phonogram set out in the items of that Article (including copies of that commercial phonogram (including copies made through two or more stages of reproduction)) for which the day on which 50 years have passed, counting from the year following that in which sounds were first fixed on the master of each of those items, is before the effective date (including one for which the day of that fixation is on or before December 31, 1967). machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4281-108/art-7/par-1: 次項 → 著作権法 附則第七条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7, paragraph (2)), suppl-4281-108/art-7/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4281-108/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4281-108/art-7/par-2 - suppl-4281-108/art-7/par-1: 第三項 → 著作権法 附則第七条第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7, paragraph (3)), suppl-4281-108/art-7/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4281-108/art-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4281-108/art-7/par-3 - suppl-4281-108/art-7/par-1: 第五十一条第二項 → 著作権法 第五十一条第二項 (Article 51, paragraph (2)), art-51/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-51/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-51/par-2 - suppl-4281-108/art-7/par-1: 第五十二条第一項 → 著作権法 第五十二条第一項 (Article 52, paragraph (1)), art-52/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-52/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-52/par-1 - suppl-4281-108/art-7/par-1: 第五十三条第一項 → 著作権法 第五十三条第一項 (Article 53, paragraph (1)), art-53/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-53/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-53/par-1 - suppl-4281-108/art-7/par-1: 第五十七条 → 著作権法 第五十七条 (Article 57), art-57 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-57 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-57 - suppl-4281-108/art-7/par-1: 第百一条第二項第一号 → 著作権法 第百一条第二項第一号 (Article 101, paragraph (2), item (i)), art-101/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-101/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-101/par-2/item-1 - suppl-4281-108/art-7/par-1: 第二号 → 著作権法 第百一条第二項第二号 (Article 101, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-101/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-101/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-101/par-2/item-2 - suppl-4281-108/art-7/par-1: この項 → 著作権法 附則第七条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7, paragraph (1)), suppl-4281-108/art-7/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4281-108/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4281-108/art-7/par-1 - suppl-4281-108/art-7/par-2: 新著作権法第百十六条第三項 → 著作権法 第百十六条第三項 (Article 116, paragraph (3)), art-116/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-116/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-116/par-3 - suppl-4281-108/art-7/par-3: 新著作権法第百二十一条の二 → 著作権法 第百二十一条の二 (Article 121-2), art-121-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-121-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-121-2 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 著作権法 附則第七条第一項（著作権法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4281-108/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4281-108/art-7/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-20261019T151240-011, translated 2026-10-20 - This site's parser, version 211 — 著作権法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19