# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第三十八条 (Article 38) - 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: 第三十八条 (Article 38)（営利を目的としない上演等） — address `art-38` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-38 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-38 - 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. --- ### 第三十八条（営利を目的としない上演等） — (Stage Performances for Non-Commercial Purposes) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-38 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-38 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-38 **第一項** 公表された著作物は、営利を目的とせず、かつ、聴衆又は観衆から料金を受けない場合には、公に上演し、演奏し、上映し、又は口述することができる。ただし、当該上演、演奏、上映又は口述について実演家又は口述を行う者に対し報酬が支払われる場合は、この限りでない。 art-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-38/par-1 It is permissible to publicly give a stage performance or a musical performance, make an on-screen presentation, or give a recitation of a work that has been made public, if this is done for non-commercial purposes and without charging a fee to the listening or viewing audience; provided, however, that this does not apply if a performer or reciter is paid any remuneration for the stage performance, musical performance, on-screen presentation, or recitation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 放送される著作物は、営利を目的とせず、かつ、聴衆又は観衆から料金を受けない場合には、有線放送し、又は地域限定特定入力型自動公衆送信を行うことができる。 art-38/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-38/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-38/par-2 It is permissible to cablecast a broadcast work or to transmit such a work via area-limited specified input-type automatic public transmission for non-commercial purposes and without charging a fee to the listening or viewing audience, with the objective of allowing an exclusive audience within the service area that the broadcast is intended for to receive that broadcast. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 放送され、有線放送され、特定入力型自動公衆送信が行われ、又は放送同時配信等（放送又は有線放送が終了した後に開始されるものを除く。）が行われる著作物は、営利を目的とせず、かつ、聴衆又は観衆から料金を受けない場合には、受信装置を用いて公に伝達することができる。通常の家庭用受信装置を用いてする場合も、同様とする。 art-38/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-38/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-38/par-3 It is permissible to publicly communicate a work that is broadcast, cablecast, transmitted via specified input-type automatic public transmission or transmitted via simultaneous broadcasting (excluding simultaneous broadcasting that commences after the broadcast or cablecast is finished), through a receiver for non-commercial purposes and without charging a fee to the listening or viewing audience. The same applies if the work is communicated publicly through a receiver commonly used in a household. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 公表された著作物（映画の著作物を除く。）は、営利を目的とせず、かつ、その複製物の貸与を受ける者から料金を受けない場合には、その複製物（映画の著作物において複製されている著作物にあつては、当該映画の著作物の複製物を除く。）の貸与により公衆に提供することができる。 art-38/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-38/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-38/par-4 It is permissible to make available to the public a work that has been made public (except a cinematographic work) by renting out copies of that work (if the work is one that has been reproduced in a cinematographic work, this excludes making that work available to the public by renting out copies of the cinematographic work), if this is done for non-commercial purposes and without charging a fee to persons renting copies of the work. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 映画フィルムその他の視聴覚資料を公衆の利用に供することを目的とする視聴覚教育施設その他の施設（営利を目的として設置されているものを除く。）で政令で定めるもの及び聴覚障害者等の福祉に関する事業を行う者で前条の政令で定めるもの（同条第二号に係るものに限り、営利を目的として当該事業を行うものを除く。）は、公表された映画の著作物を、その複製物の貸与を受ける者から料金を受けない場合には、その複製物の貸与により頒布することができる。この場合において、当該頒布を行う者は、当該映画の著作物又は当該映画の著作物において複製されている著作物につき第二十六条に規定する権利を有する者（第二十八条の規定により第二十六条に規定する権利と同一の権利を有する者を含む。）に相当な額の補償金を支払わなければならない。 art-38/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-38/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-38/par-5 An audiovisual education facility or any other facility (excluding one set in place for commercial purposes), designated by Cabinet Order, that aims to offer cinematographic films and other audiovisual materials for public use, or a person, provided for by Cabinet Order as referred to in the preceding Article, that is engaged in an undertaking related to the welfare of persons with hearing impairments, etc. (limited to a person concerned with item (ii) of that Article, and excluding a person that engages in that undertaking for commercial purposes) may distribute a cinematographic work that has been made public, by renting out copies of it, if it does so without charging a fee to the persons renting copies of the work. In this case, the person distributing the work must pay a reasonable amount of compensation to the owner of the right set forth in Article 26 (including paying such compensation to the person that, pursuant to the provisions of Article 28, owns the same right to the relevant work as the right set forth in Article 26) for the cinematographic work or the work reproduced in that cinematographic work. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-38/par-5: 前条 → 著作権法 第三十七条の二 (Article 37-2), art-37-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-37-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-37-2 - art-38/par-5: 同条第二号 → 著作権法 第三十七条の二第一項第二号 (Article 37-2, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-37-2/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-37-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-37-2/par-1/item-2 - art-38/par-5: 第二十六条 → 著作権法 第二十六条 (Article 26), art-26 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-26 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-26 - art-38/par-5: 第二十八条 → 著作権法 第二十八条 (Article 28), art-28 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-28 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-28 ## Cited by 9 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 著作権法 第三十一条第七項第二号（図書館等における複製等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-31/par-7/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-31/par-7/item-2 - 著作権法 第三十四条第一項（学校教育番組の放送等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-34/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-34/par-1 - 著作権法 第三十五条第三項（学校その他の教育機関における複製等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-35/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-35/par-3 - 著作権法 第三十七条の二第一項（聴覚障害者等のための複製等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-37-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-37-2/par-1 - 著作権法 第四十八条第一項第三号（出所の明示） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-48/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-48/par-1/item-3 - 著作権法 第六十八条第二項（著作物の放送等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-68/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-68/par-2 - 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 第百二条第六項（著作隣接権の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-102/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-102/par-6 - 著作権法 第百三条第一項（著作隣接権の譲渡、行使等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-103/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-103/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