# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第三十条の二 (Article 30-2) - 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: 第三十条の二 (Article 30-2)（付随対象著作物の利用） — address `art-30-2` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-30-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-30-2 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三十条の二（付随対象著作物の利用） — (Exploitation of Incidentally Captured Works) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-30-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-30-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-30-2 **第一項** 写真の撮影、録音、録画、放送その他これらと同様に事物の影像又は音を複製し、又は複製を伴うことなく伝達する行為（以下この項において「複製伝達行為」という。）を行うに当たつて、その対象とする事物又は音（以下この項において「複製伝達対象事物等」という。）に付随して対象となる事物又は音（複製伝達対象事物等の一部を構成するものとして対象となる事物又は音を含む。以下この項において「付随対象事物等」という。）に係る著作物（当該複製伝達行為により作成され、又は伝達されるもの（以下この条において「作成伝達物」という。）のうち当該著作物の占める割合、当該作成伝達物における当該著作物の再製の精度その他の要素に照らし当該作成伝達物において当該著作物が軽微な構成部分となる場合における当該著作物に限る。以下この条において「付随対象著作物」という。）は、当該付随対象著作物の利用により利益を得る目的の有無、当該付随対象事物等の当該複製伝達対象事物等からの分離の困難性の程度、当該作成伝達物において当該付随対象著作物が果たす役割その他の要素に照らし正当な範囲内において、当該複製伝達行為に伴つて、いずれの方法によるかを問わず、利用することができる。ただし、当該付随対象著作物の種類及び用途並びに当該利用の態様に照らし著作権者の利益を不当に害することとなる場合は、この限りでない。 art-30-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-30-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-30-2/par-1 In the process of taking photographs, recording sounds or visuals, broadcasting, or otherwise reproducing images or sounds of objects or communicating them without reproduction them (hereinafter in this paragraph, referred to as "act of reproducing or communicating"), any other work comprising objects or sounds that are captured incidentally along with the objects or sounds captured during the act of reproducing or communicating (hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as "objects or sounds captured for reproduction or communication") (those captured incidentally include the objects or sounds captured as constituting a part of the objects or sounds captured for reproduction or communication; hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as "incidentally captured objects or sounds") (but only another work that constitutes a minor part of the materials created or communicated by the act of reproducing or communicating (hereinafter in this Article referred to as "created or communicated materials"), in light of the percentage of the work in the created or communicated materials, the accuracy of its replication in the created or communicated materials, and other elements; hereinafter in this Article referred to as an "incidentally captured work") may be exploited, in any way, in connection with the act of reproducing or communicating, within the scope that is justified in light of the existence or nonexistence of the intention of making profit through the exploitation of the incidentally captured work, the degree of difficulty in separating the incidentally captured objects or sounds from the objects or sounds captured for reproduction or communication, the role to be played by the incidentally captured work in the created or communicated materials, and other elements; provided, however, that this does not apply if the action would unreasonably prejudice the interests of the copyright owner in light of the nature or purpose of the incidentally captured work or the circumstances of its exploitation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定により利用された付随対象著作物は、当該付随対象著作物に係る作成伝達物の利用に伴つて、いずれの方法によるかを問わず、利用することができる。ただし、当該付随対象著作物の種類及び用途並びに当該利用の態様に照らし著作権者の利益を不当に害することとなる場合は、この限りでない。 art-30-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-30-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-30-2/par-2 An incidentally captured work exploited pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph may be exploited, in any way, in connection with the exploitation of the created or communicated materials relevant to the incidentally captured work; provided, however, that this does not apply if the action would unreasonably prejudice the interests of the copyright owner in light of the nature or purpose of the incidentally captured work or the circumstances of its exploitation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-30-2/par-1: この項 → 著作権法 第三十条の二第一項 (Article 30-2, paragraph (1)), art-30-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-30-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-30-2/par-1 - art-30-2/par-1: この条 → 著作権法 第三十条の二 (Article 30-2), art-30-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-30-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-30-2 - art-30-2/par-2: 前項 → 著作権法 第三十条の二第一項 (Article 30-2, paragraph (1)), art-30-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-30-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-30-2/par-1 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 著作権法 第三十条の二第一項（付随対象著作物の利用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-30-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-30-2/par-1 - 著作権法 第三十条の二第二項（付随対象著作物の利用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-30-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-30-2/par-2 - 著作権法 第四十七条の七第一項（複製権の制限により作成された複製物の譲渡） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-47-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-47-7/par-1 - 著作権法 第八十六条第一項（出版権の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-86/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-86/par-1 - 著作権法 第八十六条第三項（出版権の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-86/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-86/par-3 - 著作権法 第百二条第一項（著作隣接権の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-102/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-102/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 - This site's parser, version 210 — 著作権法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19