# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第四十四条 (Article 44) - 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: 第四十四条 (Article 44)（放送事業者等による一時的固定） — address `art-44` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-44 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-44 - 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. --- ### 第四十四条（放送事業者等による一時的固定） — (Ephemeral Fixation by a Broadcaster or Cablecaster) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-44 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-44 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-44 **第一項** 放送事業者は、第二十三条第一項に規定する権利を害することなく放送し、又は放送同時配信等することができる著作物を、自己の放送又は放送同時配信等（当該放送事業者と密接な関係を有する放送同時配信等事業者が放送番組の供給を受けて行うものを含む。）のために、自己の手段又は当該著作物を同じく放送し、若しくは放送同時配信等することができる他の放送事業者の手段により、一時的に録音し、又は録画することができる。 art-44/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-44/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-44/par-1 A broadcaster may make an ephemeral sound or visual recording of a work that the broadcaster is permitted to broadcast or transmit via simultaneous broadcasting without prejudice to the right set forth in Article 23, paragraph (1), for its own broadcasts or simultaneous broadcasting (including simultaneous broadcasting undertaken by a simultaneous broadcasting service that has a close relationship with the broadcaster by receiving a broadcast program supplied by the broadcaster) by means of its own facilities or those of another broadcaster that is permitted to broadcast the same work or transmit it via simultaneous broadcasting. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 有線放送事業者は、第二十三条第一項に規定する権利を害することなく有線放送し、又は放送同時配信等することができる著作物を、自己の有線放送（放送を受信して行うものを除く。）又は放送同時配信等（当該有線放送事業者と密接な関係を有する放送同時配信等事業者が有線放送番組の供給を受けて行うものを含む。）のために、自己の手段により、一時的に録音し、又は録画することができる。 art-44/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-44/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-44/par-2 A cablecaster may make an ephemeral sound or visual recording of a work that the cablecaster is permitted to cablecast or transmit via simultaneous broadcasting without prejudice to the right set forth in Article 23, paragraph (1), for its own cablecasts (except a cablecast it transmits based on the receipt of a broadcast) or simultaneous broadcasting (including simultaneous broadcasting undertaken by a simultaneous broadcasting service that has a close relationship with the cablecaster by receiving a cablecast program supplied by the cablecaster) by means of its own facilities. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 放送同時配信等事業者は、第二十三条第一項に規定する権利を害することなく放送同時配信等することができる著作物を、自己の放送同時配信等のために、自己の手段又は自己と密接な関係を有する放送事業者若しくは有線放送事業者の手段により、一時的に録音し、又は録画することができる。 art-44/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-44/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-44/par-3 A simultaneous broadcasting service may make an ephemeral sound or visual recording of a work that the service is permitted to transmit via simultaneous broadcasting without prejudice to the right set forth in Article 23, paragraph (1), for its own simultaneous broadcasting by means of its own facilities or those of a broadcaster or cablecaster that has a close relationship with the service. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前三項の規定により作成された録音物又は録画物は、録音又は録画の後六月（その期間内に当該録音物又は録画物を用いてする放送、有線放送又は放送同時配信等があつたときは、その放送、有線放送又は放送同時配信等の後六月）を超えて保存することができない。ただし、政令で定めるところにより公的な記録保存所において保存する場合は、この限りでない。 art-44/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-44/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-44/par-4 It is not permissible to preserve a sound or visual recording made pursuant to the provisions of the preceding three paragraphs for a period exceeding six months after the recording (or six months after the broadcast, cablecast or transmission via simultaneous broadcasting, if the recording is broadcast, cablecast or transmitted via simultaneous broadcasting within the period of six months after the recording); provided, however, that this does not apply if a recording is preserved in official archives specified by Cabinet Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-44/par-1: 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-44/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-44/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-44/par-4: 前三項 → 著作権法 第四十四条第一項 (Article 44, paragraph (1)), art-44/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-44/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-44/par-1 - art-44/par-4: 前三項 → 著作権法 第四十四条第二項 (Article 44, paragraph (2)), art-44/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-44/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-44/par-2 - art-44/par-4: 前三項 → 著作権法 第四十四条第三項 (Article 44, paragraph (3)), art-44/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-44/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-44/par-3 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 著作権法 第四十四条第四項（放送事業者等による一時的固定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-44/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-44/par-4 - 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 第四十九条第一項第三号（複製物の目的外使用等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-49/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-49/par-1/item-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 - 著作権法 第百二条第九項第三号（著作隣接権の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-102/par-9/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-102/par-9/item-3 --- ## 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