# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第四条 (Article 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: 第四条 (Article 4)（著作物の公表） — address `art-4` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-4 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-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. --- ### 第四条（著作物の公表） — (Making a Work Public) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-4 **第一項** 著作物は、発行され、又は第二十二条から第二十五条までに規定する権利を有する者若しくはその許諾（第六十三条第一項の規定による利用の許諾をいう。）を得た者若しくは第七十九条の出版権の設定を受けた者若しくはその公衆送信許諾（第八十条第三項の規定による公衆送信の許諾をいう。以下同じ。）を得た者によつて上演、演奏、上映、公衆送信、口述若しくは展示の方法で公衆に提示された場合（建築の著作物にあつては、第二十一条に規定する権利を有する者又はその許諾（第六十三条第一項の規定による利用の許諾をいう。）を得た者によつて建設された場合を含む。）において、公表されたものとする。 art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-4/par-1 A work has been made public if it is published or if a person that owns a right provided for in Articles 22 through 25, a person authorized thereby (meaning the person is authorized to exploit a work pursuant to the provisions of Article 63, paragraph (1)), a person in favor of whom the print rights set forth in Article 79 have been established, or a person authorized thereby to transmit that work to the public (meaning the person is authorized to exploit a work pursuant to the provisions of Article 80, paragraph (3); the same applies hereinafter) presents the work to the public by means of a stage performance, musical performance, on-screen presentation, transmission to the public, recitation, or exhibition (if it is an architectural work, this includes when the person that owns the right set forth in Article 21 or the person authorized thereby (meaning the person is authorized to exploit a work pursuant to the provisions of Article 63, paragraph (1)) constructs it). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 著作物は、第二十三条第一項に規定する権利を有する者又はその許諾を得た者若しくは第七十九条の出版権の設定を受けた者若しくはその公衆送信許諾を得た者によつて送信可能化された場合には、公表されたものとみなす。 art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-4/par-2 A work is deemed to have been made public if the person that owns the right provided for in Article 23, paragraph (1), a person authorized thereby, a person in favor of whom the print rights set forth in Article 79 have been established, or a person authorized thereby to transmit that work to the public makes the work available for transmission. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 二次的著作物である翻訳物が、第二十八条の規定により第二十二条から第二十四条までに規定する権利と同一の権利を有する者若しくはその許諾を得た者によつて上演、演奏、上映、公衆送信若しくは口述の方法で公衆に提示され、又は第二十八条の規定により第二十三条第一項に規定する権利と同一の権利を有する者若しくはその許諾を得た者によつて送信可能化された場合には、その原著作物は、公表されたものとみなす。 art-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-4/par-3 An original work is deemed to have been made public if a person that, pursuant to the provisions of Article 28, owns the same right to the relevant work as one that is provided for in Articles 22 through 24 or a person authorized thereby presents a translation of it to the public which constitutes a derivative work, by means of a stage performance, musical performance, on-screen presentation, transmission to the public, or recitation, or if a person that, pursuant to the provisions of Article 28, owns the same right with regard to the relevant work as the right provided for in Article 23, paragraph (1) or a person authorized thereby makes that translation available for transmission. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 美術の著作物又は写真の著作物は、第四十五条第一項に規定する者によつて同項の展示が行われた場合には、公表されたものとみなす。 art-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-4/par-4 An artistic work or a photographic work is deemed to have been made public if the person prescribed in Article 45, paragraph (1) exhibits it as provided for in that paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 著作物がこの法律による保護を受けるとしたならば第一項から第三項までの権利を有すべき者又はその者からその著作物の利用の承諾を得た者は、それぞれ第一項から第三項までの権利を有する者又はその許諾を得た者とみなして、これらの規定を適用する。 art-4/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-4/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-4/par-5 The person that would own a right provided for in paragraphs (1) through (3) of this Article if the work were protected under this Act and a person authorized thereby to exploit the work are, respectively, deemed to be the person that owns that right and the person authorized thereby, and the provisions of those paragraphs apply accordingly. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-4/par-1: 第二十二条から第二十五条まで → 著作権法 第二十二条 (Article 22), art-22 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-22 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-22 - art-4/par-1: 第二十二条から第二十五条まで → 著作権法 第二十二条の二 (Article 22-2), art-22-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-22-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-22-2 - art-4/par-1: 第二十二条から第二十五条まで → 著作権法 第二十三条 (Article 23), art-23 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-23 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-23 - art-4/par-1: 第二十二条から第二十五条まで → 著作権法 第二十四条 (Article 24), art-24 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-24 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-24 - art-4/par-1: 第二十二条から第二十五条まで → 著作権法 第二十五条 (Article 25), art-25 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-25 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-25 - art-4/par-1: 第六十三条第一項 → 著作権法 第六十三条第一項 (Article 63, paragraph (1)), art-63/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-63/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-63/par-1 - art-4/par-1: 第七十九条 → 著作権法 第七十九条 (Article 79), art-79 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-79 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-79 - art-4/par-1: 第八十条第三項 → 著作権法 第八十条第三項 (Article 80, paragraph (3)), art-80/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-80/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-80/par-3 - art-4/par-1: 第二十一条 → 著作権法 第二十一条 (Article 21), art-21 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-21 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-21 - art-4/par-2: 第二十三条第一項 → 著作権法 第二十三条第一項 (Article 23, paragraph (1)), art-23/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-23/par-1 - art-4/par-2: 第七十九条 → 著作権法 第七十九条 (Article 79), art-79 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-79 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-79 - art-4/par-3: 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 - art-4/par-3: 第二十二条から第二十四条まで → 著作権法 第二十二条 (Article 22), art-22 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-22 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-22 - art-4/par-3: 第二十二条から第二十四条まで → 著作権法 第二十二条の二 (Article 22-2), art-22-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-22-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-22-2 - art-4/par-3: 第二十二条から第二十四条まで → 著作権法 第二十三条 (Article 23), art-23 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-23 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-23 - art-4/par-3: 第二十二条から第二十四条まで → 著作権法 第二十四条 (Article 24), art-24 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-24 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-24 - art-4/par-3: 第二十三条第一項 → 著作権法 第二十三条第一項 (Article 23, paragraph (1)), art-23/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-23/par-1 - art-4/par-4: 第四十五条第一項 → 著作権法 第四十五条第一項 (Article 45, paragraph (1)), art-45/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-45/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-45/par-1 - art-4/par-5: 第一項から第三項まで → 著作権法 第四条第一項 (Article 4, paragraph (1)), art-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-4/par-1 - art-4/par-5: 第一項から第三項まで → 著作権法 第四条第二項 (Article 4, paragraph (2)), art-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-4/par-2 - art-4/par-5: 第一項から第三項まで → 著作権法 第四条第三項 (Article 4, paragraph (3)), art-4/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-4/par-3 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 著作権法 第三条第一項（著作物の発行） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-3/par-1 - 著作権法 第四条第五項（著作物の公表） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-4/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-4/par-5 --- ## 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