# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第百四条の四 (Article 104-4) - 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: 第百四条の四 (Article 104-4)（私的録音録画補償金の支払の特例） — address `art-104-4` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-4 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-4 - 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. --- ### 第百四条の四（私的録音録画補償金の支払の特例） — (Special Provisions on the Payment of Compensation for Private Sound and Visual Recording) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-104-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-4 **第一項** 第三十条第三項の政令で定める機器（以下この条及び次条において「特定機器」という。）又は記録媒体（以下この条及び次条において「特定記録媒体」という。）を購入する者（当該特定機器又は特定記録媒体が小売に供された後最初に購入するものに限る。）は、その購入に当たり、指定管理団体から、当該特定機器又は特定記録媒体を用いて行う私的録音又は私的録画に係る私的録音録画補償金の一括の支払として、第百四条の六第一項の規定により当該特定機器又は特定記録媒体について定められた額の私的録音録画補償金の支払の請求があつた場合には、当該私的録音録画補償金を支払わなければならない。 art-104-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-4/par-1 A person that purchases a machine or recording medium specified by Cabinet Order which is as referred to in Article 30, paragraph (3) (hereinafter in this Article and the following Article referred to as a "specified machine" and a "specified recording medium", respectively) (limited to persons that make the initial purchase of a specified machine or specified recording medium after it is retailed), if so requested by the designated association, must pay compensation for private sound and visual recording at the time of the purchase, in an amount established for the relevant specified machine or specified recording medium pursuant to the provisions of Article 104-6, paragraph (1), as a lump-sum payment representing compensation for private sound and visual recording, for the private sound recording or private visual recording that will be done using that specified machine or specified recording medium. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定により私的録音録画補償金を支払つた者は、指定管理団体に対し、その支払に係る特定機器又は特定記録媒体を専ら私的録音及び私的録画以外の用に供することを証明して、当該私的録音録画補償金の返還を請求することができる。 art-104-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-4/par-2 A person that pays compensation for private sound and visual recording pursuant to the preceding paragraph may claim a refund of that compensation for private sound and visual recording from the designated association, by proving that the person uses the specified machine or specified recording medium for which the person has paid that compensation exclusively for purposes other than private sound recording and private visual recording. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の規定による支払の請求を受けて私的録音録画補償金が支払われた特定機器により同項の規定による支払の請求を受けて私的録音録画補償金が支払われた特定記録媒体に私的録音又は私的録画を行う者は、第三十条第三項の規定にかかわらず、当該私的録音又は私的録画を行うに当たり、私的録音録画補償金を支払うことを要しない。ただし、当該特定機器又は特定記録媒体が前項の規定により私的録音録画補償金の返還を受けたものであるときは、この限りでない。 art-104-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-4/par-3 Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 30, paragraph (3), a person that uses a specified machine for which compensation for private sound and visual recording has been paid as per a request for payment under the provisions of paragraph (1) of this Article to do private sound recording or private visual recording on a specified recording medium for which compensation for private sound and visual recording has been paid as per a request for payment under that paragraph is not required to pay compensation for private sound and visual recording at the time of doing such private sound recording or private video recording; provided, however, that this does not apply if compensation for private sound and visual recording has been refunded for the relevant specified machine or specified recording medium pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-104-4/par-1: 第三十条第三項 → 著作権法 第三十条第三項 (Article 30, paragraph (3)), art-30/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-30/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-30/par-3 - art-104-4/par-1: この条 → 著作権法 第百四条の四 (Article 104-4), art-104-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-4 - art-104-4/par-1: 次条 → 著作権法 第百四条の五 (Article 104-5), art-104-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-5 - art-104-4/par-1: 第百四条の六第一項 → 著作権法 第百四条の六第一項 (Article 104-6, paragraph (1)), art-104-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-6/par-1 - art-104-4/par-2: 前項 → 著作権法 第百四条の四第一項 (Article 104-4, paragraph (1)), art-104-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-4/par-1 - art-104-4/par-3: 第一項 → 著作権法 第百四条の四第一項 (Article 104-4, paragraph (1)), art-104-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-4/par-1 - art-104-4/par-3: 第三十条第三項 → 著作権法 第三十条第三項 (Article 30, paragraph (3)), art-30/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-30/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-30/par-3 - art-104-4/par-3: 前項 → 著作権法 第百四条の四第二項 (Article 104-4, paragraph (2)), art-104-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-4/par-2 ## Cited by 12 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 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 第百四条の四第一項（私的録音録画補償金の支払の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-4/par-1 - 著作権法 第百四条の四第二項（私的録音録画補償金の支払の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-4/par-2 - 著作権法 第百四条の四第三項（私的録音録画補償金の支払の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-4/par-3 - 著作権法 第百四条の五第一項（製造業者等の協力義務） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-5/par-1 - 著作権法 第百四条の六第三項（私的録音録画補償金の額） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-6/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-6/par-3 - 著作権法 第百四条の六第四項（私的録音録画補償金の額） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-6/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-6/par-4 - 著作権法 第百四条の七第二項（補償金関係業務の執行に関する規程） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-7/par-2 - 著作権法 第百四条の八第一項（著作権等の保護に関する事業等のための支出） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104-8/par-1 - 著作権法 附則第二項（経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4041-106/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4041-106/par-2 - 著作権法 附則第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4041-106/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4041-106/par-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 - This site's parser, version 210 — 著作権法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19