# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第九十一条 (Article 91) - 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: 第九十一条 (Article 91)（録音権及び録画権） — address `art-91` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-91 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-91 - 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. --- ### 第九十一条（録音権及び録画権） — (Sound Recording Rights and Visual Recording Rights) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-91 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-91 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-91 **第一項** 実演家は、その実演を録音し、又は録画する権利を専有する。 art-91/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-91/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-91/par-1 A performer has the exclusive right to record the sound and visuals of that performer's performance. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定は、同項に規定する権利を有する者の許諾を得て映画の著作物において録音され、又は録画された実演については、これを録音物（音を専ら影像とともに再生することを目的とするものを除く。）に録音する場合を除き、適用しない。 art-91/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-91/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-91/par-2 Unless the sound of a performance is recorded as a sound recording (other than one that is intended to be played exclusively alongside images), the provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply to the sound or visuals of a performance that are recorded as part of a cinematographic work with the authorization of the owner of the right referred to in that paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Unless the sound of a performance is recorded as a sound recording (other than one that is intended to be played exclusively alongside images), the provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply to the sound or visuals of a performance that are recorded as part of a cinematographic work with the authorization of the owner of the right referred to in that paragraph (meaning authorization to exploit the performance pursuant to the provisions of Article 63, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 103; hereinafter the same apples in this and the following Section)." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4207/tb --- ## Cites - art-91/par-2: 前項 → 著作権法 第九十一条第一項 (Article 91, paragraph (1)), art-91/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-91/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-91/par-1 ## Cited by 13 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 著作権法 第八十九条第一項（著作隣接権） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-89/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-89/par-1 - 著作権法 第九十一条第二項（録音権及び録画権） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-91/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-91/par-2 - 著作権法 第九十二条第二項第二号イ（放送権及び有線放送権） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-92/par-2/item-2/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-92/par-2/item-2/sub-1 - 著作権法 第九十二条第二項第二号ロ（放送権及び有線放送権） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-92/par-2/item-2/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-92/par-2/item-2/sub-2 - 著作権法 第九十二条の二第二項第一号（送信可能化権） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-92-2/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-92-2/par-2/item-1 - 著作権法 第九十二条の二第二項第二号（送信可能化権） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-92-2/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-92-2/par-2/item-2 - 著作権法 第九十三条第二項（放送等のための固定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-93/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-93/par-2 - 著作権法 第九十四条の三第一項（商業用レコードに録音されている実演の放送同時配信等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-94-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-94-3/par-1 - 著作権法 第九十五条第一項（商業用レコードの二次使用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-95/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-95/par-1 - 著作権法 第九十五条の二第二項第一号（譲渡権） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-95-2/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-95-2/par-2/item-1 - 著作権法 第九十五条の二第二項第二号（譲渡権） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-95-2/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-95-2/par-2/item-2 - 著作権法 第百二条第九項（著作隣接権の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-102/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-102/par-9 - 著作権法 附則第二項（経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4111-77/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4111-77/par-2 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-10-19 - 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 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Copyright Act (著作権法), Article 91, paragraph (2) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (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