# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第八十条 (Article 80) - 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: 第八十条 (Article 80)（出版権の内容） — address `art-80` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-80 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-80 - 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. --- ### 第八十条（出版権の内容） — (Substance of Print Rights) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-80 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-80 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-80 **第一項** 出版権者は、設定行為で定めるところにより、その出版権の目的である著作物について、次に掲げる権利の全部又は一部を専有する。 art-80/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-80/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-80/par-1 The owner of print rights exclusively holds all or part of the following rights to the work that is subject to those print rights, pursuant to the act of establishment: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 頒布の目的をもつて、原作のまま印刷その他の機械的又は化学的方法により文書又は図画として複製する権利（原作のまま前条第一項に規定する方式により記録媒体に記録された電磁的記録として複製する権利を含む。） art-80/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-80/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-80/par-1/item-1 the right to reproduce the unaltered original work for the purpose of distribution, as a piece of writing or as a picture, by printing it or by other mechanical or chemical means (including the right to reproduce the unaltered work as an electronic or magnetic record recorded on a recording medium in a format provided for in Article 79, paragraph (1)); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 原作のまま前条第一項に規定する方式により記録媒体に記録された当該著作物の複製物を用いて公衆送信を行う権利 art-80/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-80/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-80/par-1/item-2 the right to transmit the unaltered work to the public using a copy of that work that has been recorded on a recording medium in a format provided for in Article 79, paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 出版権の存続期間中に当該著作物の著作者が死亡したとき、又は、設定行為に別段の定めがある場合を除き、出版権の設定後最初の出版行為又は公衆送信行為（第八十三条第二項及び第八十四条第三項において「出版行為等」という。）があつた日から三年を経過したときは、複製権等保有者は、前項の規定にかかわらず、当該著作物について、全集その他の編集物（その著作者の著作物のみを編集したものに限る。）に収録して複製し、又は公衆送信を行うことができる。 art-80/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-80/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-80/par-2 Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, if the author of a work dies during the life of the print rights, or, unless otherwise stipulated in the act of establishment, after three years have passed since the first act of printing or act of public transmission (referred to as the "act of printing or public transmission" in Article 83, paragraph (2) and Article 84, paragraph (3)) following the establishment of the print rights, the owner of the reproduction rights or public transmission rights may reproduce such work or transmit such work to the public by compiling the relevant work in a complete collection of works or other compilation (limited to one in which only the works of that author are compiled). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 出版権者は、複製権等保有者の承諾を得た場合に限り、他人に対し、その出版権の目的である著作物の複製又は公衆送信を許諾することができる。 art-80/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-80/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-80/par-3 The owner of print rights may authorize another person to reproduce the work that is the subject of those print rights or transmit that work to the public only after having obtained the consent of the owner of reproduction rights or public transmission rights. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第六十三条第二項、第三項及び第六項並びに第六十三条の二の規定は、前項の場合について準用する。この場合において、第六十三条第三項中「著作権者」とあるのは「第七十九条第一項の複製権等保有者及び出版権者」と、同条第六項中「第二十三条第一項」とあるのは「第八十条第一項（第二号に係る部分に限る。）」と読み替えるものとする。 art-80/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-80/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-80/par-4 The provisions of Article 63, paragraphs (2), (3) and (6) and Article 63-2 apply mutatis mutandis to cases provided for in the preceding paragraph. In this case, the term "the copyright owner" in paragraph (3) of Article 63 is deemed to be replaced with "the owner of reproduction rights or public transmission rights and the owner of print rights provided in Article 79, paragraph (1)" and the phrase "Article 23, paragraph (1)" in paragraph (6) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "Article 80, paragraph (1) (limited to the part concerned with item (ii))". Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-80/par-1/item-1: 前条第一項 → 著作権法 第七十九条第一項 (Article 79, paragraph (1)), art-79/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-79/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-79/par-1 - art-80/par-1/item-2: 前条第一項 → 著作権法 第七十九条第一項 (Article 79, paragraph (1)), art-79/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-79/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-79/par-1 - art-80/par-2: 第八十三条第二項 → 著作権法 第八十三条第二項 (Article 83, paragraph (2)), art-83/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-83/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-83/par-2 - art-80/par-2: 第八十四条第三項 → 著作権法 第八十四条第三項 (Article 84, paragraph (3)), art-84/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-84/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-84/par-3 - art-80/par-2: 前項 → 著作権法 第八十条第一項 (Article 80, paragraph (1)), art-80/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-80/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-80/par-1 - art-80/par-4: 第六十三条第二項 → 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-80/par-4: 第三項 → 著作権法 第六十三条第三項 (Article 63, paragraph (3)), art-63/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-63/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-63/par-3 - art-80/par-4: 第六項 → 著作権法 第六十三条第六項 (Article 63, paragraph (6)), art-63/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-63/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-63/par-6 - art-80/par-4: 第六十三条の二 → 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-80/par-4: 前項 → 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-80/par-4: 第七十九条第一項 → 著作権法 第七十九条第一項 (Article 79, paragraph (1)), art-79/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-79/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-79/par-1 - art-80/par-4: 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-80/par-4: 第八十条第一項 → 著作権法 第八十条第一項 (Article 80, paragraph (1)), art-80/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-80/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-80/par-1 - art-80/par-4: 第二号 → 著作権法 第八十条第一項第二号 (Article 80, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-80/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-80/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-80/par-1/item-2 ## Cited by 12 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 第七十九条第一項（出版権の設定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-79/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-79/par-1 - 著作権法 第八十条第二項（出版権の内容） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-80/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-80/par-2 - 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 第八十一条第一項第一号（出版の義務） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-81/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-81/par-1/item-1 - 著作権法 第八十一条第一項第二号（出版の義務） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-81/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-81/par-1/item-2 - 著作権法 第八十四条第一項（出版権の消滅の請求） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-84/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-84/par-1 - 著作権法 第八十四条第二項（出版権の消滅の請求） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-84/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-84/par-2 - 著作権法 第八十六条第二項（出版権の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-86/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-86/par-2 - 著作権法 附則第十三条第三項（出版権についての経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-3451-48/art-13/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-3451-48/art-13/par-3 - 著作権法 附則第八条第一項（利用権の対抗力についての経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-5021-48/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5021-48/art-8/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