# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第三十条の四 (Article 30-4) - 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: 第三十条の四 (Article 30-4)（著作物に表現された思想又は感情の享受を目的としない利用） — address `art-30-4` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-30-4 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-30-4 - 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. --- ### 第三十条の四（著作物に表現された思想又は感情の享受を目的としない利用） — (Exploitation without the Purpose of Enjoying the Thoughts or Sentiments Expressed in a Work) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-30-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-30-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-30-4 **第一項** 著作物は、次に掲げる場合その他の当該著作物に表現された思想又は感情を自ら享受し又は他人に享受させることを目的としない場合には、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、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-30-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-30-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-30-4/par-1 It is permissible to exploit a work, in any way and to the extent considered necessary, in any of the following cases, or in any other case in which it is not a person's purpose to personally enjoy or cause another person to enjoy the thoughts or sentiments expressed in that 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 work or the circumstances of its exploitation: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 著作物の録音、録画その他の利用に係る技術の開発又は実用化のための試験の用に供する場合 art-30-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-30-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-30-4/par-1/item-1 if it is done for use in testing to develop or put into practical use technology that is connected with the recording of sounds or visuals of a work or other such exploitation; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 情報解析（多数の著作物その他の大量の情報から、当該情報を構成する言語、音、影像その他の要素に係る情報を抽出し、比較、分類その他の解析を行うことをいう。第四十七条の五第一項第二号において同じ。）の用に供する場合 art-30-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-30-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-30-4/par-1/item-2 if it is done for use in data analysis (meaning the extraction, comparison, classification, or other statistical analysis of the constituent language, sounds, images, or other elemental data from a large number of works or a large volume of other such data; the same applies in Article 47-5, paragraph (1), item (ii)); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 前二号に掲げる場合のほか、著作物の表現についての人の知覚による認識を伴うことなく当該著作物を電子計算機による情報処理の過程における利用その他の利用（プログラムの著作物にあつては、当該著作物の電子計算機における実行を除く。）に供する場合 art-30-4/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-30-4/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-30-4/par-1/item-3 if it is exploited in the course of computer data processing or otherwise exploited in a way that does not involve what is expressed in the work being perceived by the human senses (for works of computer programming, such exploitation excludes the execution of the work on a computer), beyond as set forth in the preceding two items. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-30-4/par-1/item-2: 第四十七条の五第一項第二号 → 著作権法 第四十七条の五第一項第二号 (Article 47-5, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-47-5/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-47-5/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-47-5/par-1/item-2 - art-30-4/par-1/item-3: 前二号 → 著作権法 第三十条の四第一項第一号 (Article 30-4, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-30-4/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-30-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-30-4/par-1/item-1 - art-30-4/par-1/item-3: 前二号 → 著作権法 第三十条の四第一項第二号 (Article 30-4, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-30-4/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-30-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-30-4/par-1/item-2 ## Cited by 9 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 著作権法 第三十条の四第一項第三号（著作物に表現された思想又は感情の享受を目的としない利用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-30-4/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-30-4/par-1/item-3 - 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二号（複製物の目的外使用等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-49/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-49/par-1/item-2 - 著作権法 第四十九条第二項第三号（複製物の目的外使用等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-49/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-49/par-2/item-3 - 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三号（出版権の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-86/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-86/par-2/item-3 - 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 第百二条第九項第二号（著作隣接権の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-102/par-9/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-102/par-9/item-2 --- ## 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