# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第七十二条 (Article 72) - 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: 第七十二条 (Article 72)（補償金の額についての訴え） — address `art-72` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-72 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-72 - 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. --- ### 第七十二条（補償金の額についての訴え） — (Legal Action Concerning Amounts of Compensation) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-72 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-72 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-72 **第一項** 第六十七条第一項、第六十七条の二第五項若しくは第六項、第六十七条の三第一項、第六十八条第一項又は第六十九条第一項の規定に基づき定められた補償金の額について不服がある当事者は、これらの規定による裁定（第六十七条の二第五項又は第六項に係る場合にあつては、第六十七条第一項の裁定をしない処分）があつたことを知つた日から六月以内に、訴えを提起してその額の増減を求めることができる。 art-72/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-72/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-72/par-1 A party that is dissatisfied with the amount of compensation fixed based on the provisions of Article 67, paragraph (1); Article 67-2, paragraph (5) or (6); Article 67-3, paragraph (1); Article 68, paragraph (1); or Article 69, paragraph (1), may bring an action to increase or decrease the amount of compensation, within a period of six months from the date on which the party learns that a compulsory license under any of these provisions (or a disposition denying the compulsory license referred to in Article 67, paragraph (1), in cases referred to in Article 67-2, paragraph (5) or (6)) has been issued. machine translation, not official **第二項** 前項の訴えにおいては、訴えを提起する者が著作物を利用する者であるときは著作権者を、著作権者であるときは著作物を利用する者を、それぞれ被告としなければならない。 art-72/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-72/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-72/par-2 In an action referred to in the preceding paragraph, the copyright owner must be the defendant if the person bringing the action is the person exploiting the work, and the person exploiting the work must be the defendant if the person bringing the action is the copyright owner. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-72/par-1: 第六十七条第一項 → 著作権法 第六十七条第一項 (Article 67, paragraph (1)), art-67/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-67/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-67/par-1 - art-72/par-1: 第六十七条の二第五項 → 著作権法 第六十七条の二第五項 (Article 67-2, paragraph (5)), art-67-2/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-67-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-67-2/par-5 - art-72/par-1: 第六項 → 著作権法 第六十七条の二第六項 (Article 67-2, paragraph (6)), art-67-2/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-67-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-67-2/par-6 - art-72/par-1: 第六十七条の三第一項 → 著作権法 第六十七条の三第一項 (Article 67-3, paragraph (1)), art-67-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-67-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-67-3/par-1 - art-72/par-1: 第六十八条第一項 → 著作権法 第六十八条第一項 (Article 68, paragraph (1)), art-68/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-68/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-68/par-1 - art-72/par-1: 第六十九条第一項 → 著作権法 第六十九条第一項 (Article 69, paragraph (1)), art-69/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-69/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-69/par-1 - art-72/par-2: 前項 → 著作権法 第七十二条第一項 (Article 72, paragraph (1)), art-72/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-72/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-72/par-1 ## Cited by 9 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 著作権法 第七十二条第二項（補償金の額についての訴え） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-72/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-72/par-2 - 著作権法 第七十三条第一項（補償金の額についての審査請求の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-73/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-73/par-1 - 著作権法 第七十四条第一項第四号（補償金等の供託） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-74/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-74/par-1/item-4 - 著作権法 第九十三条の三第九項（放送等のための固定物等による放送同時配信等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-93-3/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-93-3/par-9 - 著作権法 第九十三条の三第十項（放送等のための固定物等による放送同時配信等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-93-3/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-93-3/par-10 - 著作権法 第九十五条第十二項（商業用レコードの二次使用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-95/par-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-95/par-12 - 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 - 著作権法 附則第十一条第三項（裁定による著作物の利用についての経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-3451-48/art-11/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-3451-48/art-11/par-3 - 著作権法 附則第十一条第四項（裁定による著作物の利用についての経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-3451-48/art-11/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-3451-48/art-11/par-4 --- ## 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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch copyright-act-20261019T151240-004, translated 2026-10-20 - This site's parser, version 210 — 著作権法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19