# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第六十三条 (Article 63) - 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: 第六十三条 (Article 63)（著作物の利用の許諾） — address `art-63` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-63 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-63 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第六十三条（著作物の利用の許諾） — (Authorization to Exploit Works) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-63 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-63 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-63 **第一項** 著作権者は、他人に対し、その著作物の利用を許諾することができる。 art-63/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-63/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-63/par-1 The copyright owner may grant another person authorization to exploit the work. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の許諾を得た者は、その許諾に係る利用方法及び条件の範囲内において、その許諾に係る著作物を利用することができる。 art-63/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-63/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-63/par-2 A person that obtains the authorization referred to in the preceding paragraph is entitled to exploit the work to which that authorization pertains within the scope of the manner and conditions of exploitation under that authorization. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 利用権（第一項の許諾に係る著作物を前項の規定により利用することができる権利をいう。次条において同じ。）は、著作権者の承諾を得ない限り、譲渡することができない。 art-63/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-63/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-63/par-3 A right of exploitation (meaning the right to exploit a work under the authorization referred to in paragraph (1) pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph; the same applies in the following Article) may not be transferred without the consent of the copyright owner. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 著作物の放送又は有線放送についての第一項の許諾は、契約に別段の定めがない限り、当該著作物の録音又は録画の許諾を含まないものとする。 art-63/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-63/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-63/par-4 Unless otherwise stipulated in a contract, the authorization referred to paragraph (1) in connection with the broadcasting or cablecasting of a work, does not include authorization to record the sound or visuals of the work. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 著作物の放送又は有線放送及び放送同時配信等について許諾（第一項の許諾をいう。以下この項において同じ。）を行うことができる者が、特定放送事業者等（放送事業者又は有線放送事業者のうち、放送同時配信等を業として行い、又はその者と密接な関係を有する放送同時配信等事業者が業として行う放送同時配信等のために放送番組若しくは有線放送番組を供給しており、かつ、その事実を周知するための措置として、文化庁長官が定める方法により、放送同時配信等が行われている放送番組又は有線放送番組の名称、その放送又は有線放送の時間帯その他の放送同時配信等の実施状況に関する情報として文化庁長官が定める情報を公表しているものをいう。以下この項において同じ。）に対し、当該特定放送事業者等の放送番組又は有線放送番組における著作物の利用の許諾を行つた場合には、当該許諾に際して別段の意思表示をした場合を除き、当該許諾には当該著作物の放送同時配信等（当該特定放送事業者等と密接な関係を有する放送同時配信等事業者が当該放送番組又は有線放送番組の供給を受けて行うものを含む。）の許諾を含むものと推定する。 art-63/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-63/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-63/par-5 If a person that may authorize another person (meaning authorization referred to in paragraph (1); hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph) to broadcast or cablecast a work or transmit a work via simultaneous broadcasting has authorized a specified broadcaster or cablecaster (meaning a broadcaster or cablecaster that undertakes simultaneous broadcasting in the course of trade, or supplies a broadcast program or cablecast program for simultaneous broadcasting undertaken in the course of trade by a simultaneous broadcasting service having a close relationship therewith, and, as a measure to publicize this fact, discloses information specified by the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs as information concerning the status of implementation of simultaneous broadcasting, including the title of the broadcast program or cablecast program subject to simultaneous broadcasting and the broadcast or cablecast time of the program, by a method specified by the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph) to exploit the work in broadcast or cablecast programming by the specified broadcaster or cablecaster, the authorization is presumed to include authorization to transmit the work via simultaneous broadcasting (including simultaneous broadcasting undertaken by a simultaneous broadcasting service that has a close relationship with the specified broadcaster or cablecaster by receiving the broadcast program or cablecast program supplied by the specified broadcaster or cablecaster), unless the person manifests an intention to the contrary upon granting the authorization. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 著作物の送信可能化について第一項の許諾を得た者が、その許諾に係る利用方法及び条件（送信可能化の回数又は送信可能化に用いる自動公衆送信装置に係るものを除く。）の範囲内において反復して又は他の自動公衆送信装置を用いて行う当該著作物の送信可能化については、第二十三条第一項の規定は、適用しない。 art-63/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-63/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-63/par-6 The provisions of Article 23, paragraph (1) do not apply to a person that has obtained the authorization referred to in paragraph (1) to make a work available for transmission, making the work available for transmission repeatedly or using another automatic public transmission server to make the work available for transmission within the scope of the manner and conditions of exploitation under authorization (other than those that concern the number of times the work may be made available for transmission or the automatic public transmission server that may be used to make the work available for transmission). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-63/par-2: 前項 → 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-63/par-3: 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-63/par-3: 前項 → 著作権法 第六十三条第二項 (Article 63, paragraph (2)), art-63/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-63/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-63/par-2 - art-63/par-3: 次条 → 著作権法 第六十三条の二 (Article 63-2), art-63-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-63-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-63-2 - art-63/par-4: 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-63/par-5: 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-63/par-5: この項 → 著作権法 第六十三条第五項 (Article 63, paragraph (5)), art-63/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-63/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-63/par-5 - art-63/par-6: 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-63/par-6: 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 ## Cited by 10 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 第四条第一項（著作物の公表） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-4/par-1 - 著作権法 第四条の二第一項（レコードの発行） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-4-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-4-2/par-1 - 著作権法 第六十三条第二項（著作物の利用の許諾） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-63/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-63/par-2 - 著作権法 第六十三条第三項（著作物の利用の許諾） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-63/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-63/par-3 - 著作権法 第六十三条第四項（著作物の利用の許諾） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-63/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-63/par-4 - 著作権法 第六十三条第五項（著作物の利用の許諾） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-63/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-63/par-5 - 著作権法 第六十三条第六項（著作物の利用の許諾） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-63/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-63/par-6 - 著作権法 第八十条第四項（出版権の内容） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-80/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-80/par-4 - 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