# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第八十三条 (Article 83) - 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: 第八十三条 (Article 83)（出版権の存続期間） — address `art-83` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-83 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-83 - 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. --- ### 第八十三条（出版権の存続期間） — (Duration of Print Rights) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-83 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-83 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-83 **第一項** 出版権の存続期間は、設定行為で定めるところによる。 art-83/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-83/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-83/par-1 The duration of print rights is as stipulated in the act of establishment. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 出版権は、その存続期間につき設定行為に定めがないときは、その設定後最初の出版行為等があつた日から三年を経過した日において消滅する。 art-83/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-83/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-83/par-2 Unless otherwise stipulated in the act of establishment, print rights expire on the day on which three years have elapsed following the first act of printing or public transmission is undertaken after the establishment of those rights. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 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 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 --- ## 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