# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第百四条の三 (Article 104-3) - 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: 第百四条の三 (Article 104-3)（指定の基準） — address `art-104-3` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-3 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-3 - 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. --- ### 第百四条の三（指定の基準） — (Designation Criteria) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-104-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-3 **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。 art-104-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-3/par-1 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: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 一般社団法人であること。 art-104-3/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-3/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-3/par-1/item-1 it is a general incorporated association; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 前条第一項第一号に掲げる私的録音録画補償金に係る場合についてはイ、ハ及びニに掲げる団体を、同項第二号に掲げる私的録音録画補償金に係る場合についてはロからニまでに掲げる団体を構成員とすること。 art-104-3/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-3/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-3/par-1/item-2 in a case involving the compensation for private sound and visual recording set forth in paragraph (1), item (i) of the preceding Article, it has as its members the associations set forth in (a), (c), and (d), or, in a case involving the compensation for private sound and visual recording set forth in item (ii) of that paragraph, it has as its members the associations set forth in (b), (c), and (d): Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **イ** 私的録音に係る著作物に関し第二十一条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、国内において私的録音に係る著作物に関し同条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 art-104-3/par-1/item-2/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-3/par-1/item-2/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-3/par-1/item-2/sub-1 an association (including a federation of associations) that has as its members persons that own the rights provided for in Article 21 in connection with works associated with private sound recording, and which is recognized as representing, in Japan, the interests of persons that own the right provided for in that Article in connection with works associated with private sound recording; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ロ** 私的録画に係る著作物に関し第二十一条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、国内において私的録画に係る著作物に関し同条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 art-104-3/par-1/item-2/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-3/par-1/item-2/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-3/par-1/item-2/sub-2 an association (including a federation of associations) that has as its members persons that own the right provided for in Article 21 in connection with works associated with private visual recording, and which is recognized as representing, in Japan, the interests of persons that own the right provided for in that Article in connection with works associated with private visual recording; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ハ** 国内において実演を業とする者の相当数を構成員とする団体（その連合体を含む。） art-104-3/par-1/item-2/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-3/par-1/item-2/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-3/par-1/item-2/sub-3 an association (including a federation of associations) that has as its members a considerable number of persons that perform professionally in Japan; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ニ** 国内において商業用レコードの製作を業とする者の相当数を構成員とする団体（その連合体を含む。） art-104-3/par-1/item-2/sub-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-3/par-1/item-2/sub-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-3/par-1/item-2/sub-4 an association (including a federation of associations) that has as its members a considerable number of persons that produce phonograms professionally in Japan; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 前号イからニまで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。 art-104-3/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-3/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-3/par-1/item-3 the associations set forth in (a) through (d) of the preceding item satisfy the following conditions: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **イ** 営利を目的としないこと。 art-104-3/par-1/item-3/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-3/par-1/item-3/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-3/par-1/item-3/sub-1 they are not-for-profit; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **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。 art-104-3/par-1/item-3/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-3/par-1/item-3/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-3/par-1/item-3/sub-2 their members may freely join and leave; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ハ** その構成員の議決権及び選挙権が平等であること。 art-104-3/par-1/item-3/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-3/par-1/item-3/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-3/par-1/item-3/sub-3 their members have an equal right to vote on resolutions and in elections; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 権利者のために私的録音録画補償金を受ける権利を行使する業務（第百四条の八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。 art-104-3/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-3/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-3/par-1/item-4 they have sufficient capacity to properly perform functions involved in exercising the right to receive compensation for private sound and visual recording (including functions involved in the undertaking referred to in Article 104-8, paragraph (1); hereinafter in this Section referred to as "functions connected with compensation") on behalf of the right holders. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-104-3/par-1: 前条第一項 → 著作権法 第百四条の二第一項 (Article 104-2, paragraph (1)), art-104-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-2/par-1 - art-104-3/par-1/item-2: 前条第一項第一号 → 著作権法 第百四条の二第一項第一号 (Article 104-2, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-104-2/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-2/par-1/item-1 - art-104-3/par-1/item-2: 同項第二号 → 著作権法 第百四条の二第一項第二号 (Article 104-2, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-104-2/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-2/par-1/item-2 - art-104-3/par-1/item-2/sub-1: 第二十一条 → 著作権法 第二十一条 (Article 21), art-21 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-21 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-21 - art-104-3/par-1/item-2/sub-2: 第二十一条 → 著作権法 第二十一条 (Article 21), art-21 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-21 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-21 - art-104-3/par-1/item-3: 前号 → 著作権法 第百四条の三第一項第二号 (Article 104-3, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-104-3/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-3/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-3/par-1/item-2 - art-104-3/par-1/item-4: 第百四条の八第一項 → 著作権法 第百四条の八第一項 (Article 104-8, paragraph (1)), art-104-8/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-8/par-1 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 著作権法 第百四条の二第一項（私的録音録画補償金を受ける権利の行使） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-2/par-1 - 著作権法 第百四条の二第一項第一号（私的録音録画補償金を受ける権利の行使） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-2/par-1/item-1 - 著作権法 第百四条の二第一項第二号（私的録音録画補償金を受ける権利の行使） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-2/par-1/item-2 - 著作権法 第百四条の三第一項第三号（指定の基準） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-3/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-3/par-1/item-3 --- ## 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-20261019T151240-005, 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