# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第三十条の三 (Article 30-3) - 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: 第三十条の三 (Article 30-3)（検討の過程における利用） — address `art-30-3` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-30-3 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-30-3 - 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. --- ### 第三十条の三（検討の過程における利用） — (Exploiting a Work as Part of an Investigation) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-30-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-30-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-30-3 **第一項** 著作権者の許諾を得て、又は第六十七条第一項、第六十七条の三第一項、第六十八条第一項若しくは第六十九条第一項の規定による裁定を受けて著作物を利用しようとする者は、これらの利用についての検討の過程（当該許諾を得、又は当該裁定を受ける過程を含む。）における利用に供することを目的とする場合には、その必要と認められる限度において、いずれの方法によるかを問わず、当該著作物を利用することができる。ただし、当該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-30-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-30-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-30-3/par-1 A person seeking to exploit a work with the authorization of its copyright owner or after obtaining a compulsory license under the provisions of Article 67, paragraph (1); Article 67-3, paragraph (1); Article 68, paragraph (1); or Article 69, paragraph (1) may exploit that work, in any way and to the extent considered necessary, if the purpose of doing so is part of the process by which the person is investigating the exploitation of that work through authorization or a compulsory license (inclusive of the process for obtaining the authorization or compulsory license); 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 work or the circumstances of its exploitation. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-30-3/par-1: 第六十七条第一項 → 著作権法 第六十七条第一項 (Article 67, paragraph (1)), art-67/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-67/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-67/par-1 - art-30-3/par-1: 第六十七条の三第一項 → 著作権法 第六十七条の三第一項 (Article 67-3, paragraph (1)), art-67-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-67-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-67-3/par-1 - art-30-3/par-1: 第六十八条第一項 → 著作権法 第六十八条第一項 (Article 68, paragraph (1)), art-68/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-68/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-68/par-1 - art-30-3/par-1: 第六十九条第一項 → 著作権法 第六十九条第一項 (Article 69, paragraph (1)), art-69/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-69/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-69/par-1 ## Cited by 8 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 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 第四十九条第一項第一号（複製物の目的外使用等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-49/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-49/par-1/item-1 - 著作権法 第四十九条第二項第二号（複製物の目的外使用等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-49/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-49/par-2/item-2 - 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 第八十六条第二項第二号（出版権の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-86/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-86/par-2/item-2 - 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 - 著作権法 第百二条第九項第一号（著作隣接権の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-102/par-9/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-102/par-9/item-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-20261019T151240-001, 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