# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第九条の二 (Article 9-2) - 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: 第九条の二 (Article 9-2)（保護を受ける有線放送） — address `art-9-2` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-9-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-9-2 - 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. --- ### 第九条の二（保護を受ける有線放送） — (Protected Cablecasts) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-9-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-9-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-9-2 **第一項** 有線放送は、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-9-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-9-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-9-2/par-1 Only a cablecast that falls under one of the following items is protected under this Act: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 日本国民である有線放送事業者の有線放送（放送を受信して行うものを除く。次号において同じ。） art-9-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-9-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-9-2/par-1/item-1 a cablecast whose cablecaster is a Japanese national (excluding a cablecast that the cablecaster transmits based on the receipt of a broadcast; the same applies in the following item); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 国内にある有線放送設備から行われる有線放送 art-9-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-9-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-9-2/par-1/item-2 a cablecast made from a cablecasting facility in Japan. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-9-2/par-1/item-1: 次号 → 著作権法 第九条の二第一項第二号 (Article 9-2, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-9-2/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-9-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-9-2/par-1/item-2 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 著作権法 第七条第一項第四号（保護を受ける実演） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-7/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-7/par-1/item-4 - 著作権法 第九条の二第一項第一号（保護を受ける有線放送） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-9-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-9-2/par-1/item-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