# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第百四条の十の三 (Article 104-10-3)

- 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: 第百四条の十の三 (Article 104-10-3)（指定の基準） — address `art-104-10-3`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第百四条の十の三（指定の基準） — (Designation Criteria)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-104-10-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-10-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-10-3</sup>

  **第一項**  文化庁長官は、次に掲げる要件を備える団体でなければ前条第一項の規定による指定をしてはならない。
  <sup>art-104-10-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-10-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-10-3/par-1</sup>
  The Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs may not make a designation under the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article unless the association satisfies the following criteria:
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    **一**  一般社団法人であること。
    <sup>art-104-10-3/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-10-3/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-10-3/par-1/item-1</sup>
    it is a general incorporated association;
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    **二**  次に掲げる団体を構成員とすること。
    <sup>art-104-10-3/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-10-3/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-10-3/par-1/item-2</sup>
    it has as its members the following associations:
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **イ**  第三十一条第二項（第八十六条第三項及び第百二条第一項において準用する場合を含む。次条第四項において同じ。）の規定による公衆送信（以下この節において「図書館等公衆送信」という。）に係る著作物に関し第二十三条第一項に規定する権利を有する者を構成員とする団体（その連合体を含む。）であつて、国内において図書館等公衆送信に係る著作物に関し同項に規定する権利を有する者の利益を代表すると認められるもの
      <sup>art-104-10-3/par-1/item-2/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-10-3/par-1/item-2/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-10-3/par-1/item-2/sub-1</sup>
      an association (including a federation of associations) that has as its members persons that own the rights provided for in Article 23, paragraph (1) in connection with works associated with public transmission (hereinafter in this Section referred to as "public transmission by libraries or similar facilities")under the provisions of Article 31, paragraph (2) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the provisions of Article 86, paragraph (3) and Article 102, paragraph (1); the same applies hereinafter in paragraph (4) of the following Article), and which is recognized as representing, in Japan, the interests of persons that own the right provided for in that paragraph in connection with works associated with public transmission by libraries or similar facilities;
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **ロ**  図書館等公衆送信に係る著作物に関する第二号出版権者を構成員とする団体（その連合体を含む。）であつて、国内において図書館等公衆送信に係る著作物に関する第二号出版権者の利益を代表すると認められるもの
      <sup>art-104-10-3/par-1/item-2/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-10-3/par-1/item-2/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-10-3/par-1/item-2/sub-2</sup>
      an association (including a federation of associations) that has as its members owners of item (ii) print rights in connection with works associated with public transmission by libraries or similar facilities, and which is recognized as representing, in Japan, the interests of the owners of item (ii) print rights in connection with works associated with public transmission by libraries or similar facilities;
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    **三**  前号イ及びロに掲げる団体がそれぞれ次に掲げる要件を備えるものであること。
    <sup>art-104-10-3/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-10-3/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-10-3/par-1/item-3</sup>
    the associations set forth in (a) and (b) of the preceding item satisfy the following conditions:
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      **イ**  営利を目的としないこと。
      <sup>art-104-10-3/par-1/item-3/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-10-3/par-1/item-3/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-10-3/par-1/item-3/sub-1</sup>
      they are non-profit associations;
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      **ロ**  その構成員が任意に加入し、又は脱退することができること。
      <sup>art-104-10-3/par-1/item-3/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-10-3/par-1/item-3/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-10-3/par-1/item-3/sub-2</sup>
      their members may freely join and leave;
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **ハ**  その構成員の議決権及び選挙権が平等であること。
      <sup>art-104-10-3/par-1/item-3/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-10-3/par-1/item-3/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-10-3/par-1/item-3/sub-3</sup>
      their members have an equal right to vote on resolutions and in elections;
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **四**  権利者のために図書館等公衆送信補償金を受ける権利を行使する業務（第百四条の十の六第一項の事業に係る業務を含む。以下この節において「補償金関係業務」という。）を的確に遂行するに足りる能力を有すること。
    <sup>art-104-10-3/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-10-3/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-10-3/par-1/item-4</sup>
    they have sufficient capacity to properly perform functions involved in exercising the right to receive compensation for public transmission by libraries or similar facilities (including functions involved in the undertaking referred to in Article 104-10-6, paragraph (1); hereinafter in this Section referred to as "functions connected with compensation") on behalf of the right holders.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-104-10-3/par-1: 前条第一項 → 著作権法 第百四条の十の二第一項 (Article 104-10-2, paragraph (1)), art-104-10-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-10-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-10-2/par-1
- art-104-10-3/par-1/item-2/sub-1: 第三十一条第二項 → 著作権法 第三十一条第二項 (Article 31, paragraph (2)), art-31/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-31/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-31/par-2
- art-104-10-3/par-1/item-2/sub-1: 第八十六条第三項 → 著作権法 第八十六条第三項 (Article 86, paragraph (3)), art-86/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-86/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-86/par-3
- art-104-10-3/par-1/item-2/sub-1: 第百二条第一項 → 著作権法 第百二条第一項 (Article 102, paragraph (1)), art-102/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-102/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-102/par-1
- art-104-10-3/par-1/item-2/sub-1: 次条第四項 → 著作権法 第百四条の十の四第四項 (Article 104-10-4, paragraph (4)), art-104-10-4/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-10-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-10-4/par-4
- art-104-10-3/par-1/item-2/sub-1: 第二十三条第一項 → 著作権法 第二十三条第一項 (Article 23, paragraph (1)), art-23/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-23/par-1
- art-104-10-3/par-1/item-3: 前号 → 著作権法 第百四条の十の三第一項第二号 (Article 104-10-3, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-104-10-3/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-10-3/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-10-3/par-1/item-2
- art-104-10-3/par-1/item-4: 第百四条の十の六第一項 → 著作権法 第百四条の十の六第一項 (Article 104-10-6, paragraph (1)), art-104-10-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-10-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-10-6/par-1

## Cited by

4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 著作権法 第八十一条第一項第二号（出版の義務） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-81/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-81/par-1/item-2
- 著作権法 第百四条の十の二第一項（図書館等公衆送信補償金を受ける権利の行使） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-10-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-10-2/par-1
- 著作権法 第百四条の十の三第一項第三号（指定の基準） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-10-3/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-10-3/par-1/item-3
- 著作権法 附則第五条第一項（団体の指定等に関する準備行為） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-5031-52/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5031-52/art-5/par-1

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## 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