# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第八条 (Article 8) - 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: 第八条 (Article 8)（保護を受けるレコード） — address `art-8` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-8 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-8 - 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. --- ### 第八条（保護を受けるレコード） — (Protected Phonograms) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-8 **第一項** レコードは、次の各号のいずれかに該当するものに限り、この法律による保護を受ける。 art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-8/par-1 Only a phonogram that falls under one of the following items is protected under this Act: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 日本国民をレコード製作者とするレコード art-8/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-8/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-8/par-1/item-1 a phonogram whose producer is a Japanese national; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** レコードでこれに固定されている音が最初に国内において固定されたもの art-8/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-8/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-8/par-1/item-2 a phonogram in which sounds are first fixed in Japan; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 前二号に掲げるもののほか、次のいずれかに掲げるレコード art-8/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-8/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-8/par-1/item-3 any of the following phonograms, other than one also set forth in either of the preceding two items: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **イ** 実演家等保護条約の締約国の国民（当該締約国の法令に基づいて設立された法人及び当該締約国に主たる事務所を有する法人を含む。以下同じ。）をレコード製作者とするレコード art-8/par-1/item-3/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-8/par-1/item-3/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-8/par-1/item-3/sub-1 a phonogram whose producer is the national of a contracting state of the Convention for the Protection of Performers, etc. (the nationals of a contracting state include corporations established based on the laws and regulations of that state and corporations that have principal offices in that state; the same applies hereinafter); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ロ** レコードでこれに固定されている音が最初に実演家等保護条約の締約国において固定されたもの art-8/par-1/item-3/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-8/par-1/item-3/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-8/par-1/item-3/sub-2 a phonogram in which sounds are first fixed in a contracting state of the Convention for the Protection of Performers, etc.; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 前三号に掲げるもののほか、次のいずれかに掲げるレコード art-8/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-8/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-8/par-1/item-4 any of the following phonograms, other than one also set forth in the preceding three items: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **イ** 実演・レコード条約の締約国の国民（当該締約国の法令に基づいて設立された法人及び当該締約国に主たる事務所を有する法人を含む。以下同じ。）をレコード製作者とするレコード art-8/par-1/item-4/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-8/par-1/item-4/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-8/par-1/item-4/sub-1 a phonogram whose producer is the national of a contracting party to the WPPT (the nationals of a contracting party include corporations established based on the laws and regulations of that party and corporations that have principal offices in that party; the same applies hereinafter); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ロ** レコードでこれに固定されている音が最初に実演・レコード条約の締約国において固定されたもの art-8/par-1/item-4/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-8/par-1/item-4/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-8/par-1/item-4/sub-2 a phonogram in which sounds are first fixed in a contracting party to the WPPT; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **五** 前各号に掲げるもののほか、次のいずれかに掲げるレコード art-8/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-8/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-8/par-1/item-5 any of the following phonograms, other than one also set forth in the preceding items: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **イ** 世界貿易機関の加盟国の国民（当該加盟国の法令に基づいて設立された法人及び当該加盟国に主たる事務所を有する法人を含む。以下同じ。）をレコード製作者とするレコード art-8/par-1/item-5/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-8/par-1/item-5/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-8/par-1/item-5/sub-1 a phonogram whose producer is the national of a World Trade Organization member state (the nationals of a member state include corporations established based on the laws and regulations of that state and corporations that have principal offices in that state; the same applies hereinafter); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ロ** レコードでこれに固定されている音が最初に世界貿易機関の加盟国において固定されたもの art-8/par-1/item-5/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-8/par-1/item-5/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-8/par-1/item-5/sub-2 a phonogram in which sounds are first fixed in a World Trade Organization member state; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **六** 前各号に掲げるもののほか、許諾を得ないレコードの複製からのレコード製作者の保護に関する条約（第百二十一条の二第二号において「レコード保護条約」という。）により我が国が保護の義務を負うレコード art-8/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-8/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-8/par-1/item-6 a phonogram, other than one set forth in the preceding items, that Japan is under the obligation to protect pursuant to the Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms (referred to as "the Convention for the Protection of Phonograms" in Article 121-2, item (ii)). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-8/par-1/item-3: 前二号 → 著作権法 第八条第一項第一号 (Article 8, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-8/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-8/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-8/par-1/item-1 - art-8/par-1/item-3: 前二号 → 著作権法 第八条第一項第二号 (Article 8, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-8/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-8/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-8/par-1/item-2 - art-8/par-1/item-4: 前三号 → 著作権法 第八条第一項第一号 (Article 8, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-8/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-8/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-8/par-1/item-1 - art-8/par-1/item-4: 前三号 → 著作権法 第八条第一項第二号 (Article 8, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-8/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-8/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-8/par-1/item-2 - art-8/par-1/item-4: 前三号 → 著作権法 第八条第一項第三号 (Article 8, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-8/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-8/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-8/par-1/item-3 - art-8/par-1/item-5: 前各号 → 著作権法 第八条第一項第一号 (Article 8, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-8/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-8/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-8/par-1/item-1 - art-8/par-1/item-5: 前各号 → 著作権法 第八条第一項第二号 (Article 8, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-8/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-8/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-8/par-1/item-2 - art-8/par-1/item-5: 前各号 → 著作権法 第八条第一項第三号 (Article 8, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-8/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-8/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-8/par-1/item-3 - art-8/par-1/item-5: 前各号 → 著作権法 第八条第一項第四号 (Article 8, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-8/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-8/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-8/par-1/item-4 - art-8/par-1/item-6: 前各号 → 著作権法 第八条第一項第一号 (Article 8, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-8/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-8/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-8/par-1/item-1 - art-8/par-1/item-6: 前各号 → 著作権法 第八条第一項第二号 (Article 8, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-8/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-8/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-8/par-1/item-2 - art-8/par-1/item-6: 前各号 → 著作権法 第八条第一項第三号 (Article 8, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-8/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-8/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-8/par-1/item-3 - art-8/par-1/item-6: 前各号 → 著作権法 第八条第一項第四号 (Article 8, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-8/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-8/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-8/par-1/item-4 - art-8/par-1/item-6: 前各号 → 著作権法 第八条第一項第五号 (Article 8, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-8/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-8/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-8/par-1/item-5 - art-8/par-1/item-6: 第百二十一条の二第二号 → 著作権法 第百二十一条の二第一項第二号 (Article 121-2, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-121-2/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-121-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-121-2/par-1/item-2 ## Cited by 23 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 著作権法 第七条第一項第二号（保護を受ける実演） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-7/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-7/par-1/item-2 - 著作権法 第七条第一項第五号ロ（保護を受ける実演） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-7/par-1/item-5/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-7/par-1/item-5/sub-2 - 著作権法 第七条第一項第六号ロ（保護を受ける実演） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-7/par-1/item-6/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-7/par-1/item-6/sub-2 - 著作権法 第七条第一項第七号ロ（保護を受ける実演） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-7/par-1/item-7/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-7/par-1/item-7/sub-2 - 著作権法 第八条第一項第三号（保護を受けるレコード） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-8/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-8/par-1/item-3 - 著作権法 第八条第一項第四号（保護を受けるレコード） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-8/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-8/par-1/item-4 - 著作権法 第八条第一項第五号（保護を受けるレコード） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-8/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-8/par-1/item-5 - 著作権法 第八条第一項第六号（保護を受けるレコード） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-8/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-8/par-1/item-6 - 著作権法 第九十五条第三項（商業用レコードの二次使用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-95/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-95/par-3 - 著作権法 第九十七条第一項（商業用レコードの二次使用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-97/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-97/par-1 - 著作権法 第百二十一条の二第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-121-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-121-2/par-1/item-1 - 著作権法 第百二十一条の二第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-121-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-121-2/par-1/item-2 - 著作権法 附則第二条第三項（適用範囲についての経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-3451-48/art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-3451-48/art-2/par-3 - 著作権法 附則第二項（経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-3531-49/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-3531-49/par-2 - 著作権法 附則第二項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4011-43/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4011-43/par-2/item-2 - 著作権法 附則第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4011-43/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4011-43/par-3 - 著作権法 附則第三項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4031-63/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4031-63/par-3/item-1 - 著作権法 附則第三項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4031-63/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4031-63/par-3/item-2 - 著作権法 附則第四項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4061-112/par-4/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4061-112/par-4/item-1 - 著作権法 附則第四項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4061-112/par-4/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4061-112/par-4/item-2 - 著作権法 附則第六項（外国原盤商業用レコードの複製等についての経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4061-112/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4061-112/par-6 - 著作権法 附則第四項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4141-72/par-4/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4141-72/par-4/item-1 - 著作権法 附則第四項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4141-72/par-4/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4141-72/par-4/item-2 --- ## 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