# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4) - 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: 第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4)（罰則についての運用上の配慮） — address `suppl-5021-48/art-4` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-5021-48/art-4 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5021-48/art-4 - 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. --- ### 第四条（罰則についての運用上の配慮） — (Considerations to Operations Concerning Penal Provisions) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-5021-48/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-5021-48/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5021-48/art-4 **第一項** 第一条の規定による改正後の著作権法（附則第八条において「第一条改正後著作権法」という。）第百十九条第二項（第四号及び第五号に係る部分に限る。）及び第百二十条の二（第三号に係る部分に限る。）の規定の運用に当たっては、インターネットによる情報の提供その他のインターネットを利用して行う行為が不当に制限されることのないよう配慮しなければならない。 suppl-5021-48/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-5021-48/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5021-48/art-4/par-1 In applying the provisions of Article 119, paragraph (2) (limited to the parts concerned with items (iv) and (v)) and Article 120-2 (limited to the part concerned with item (iii)) of the Copyright Act as amended under the provisions of Article 1 (referred to as the "Copyright Act amended under Article 1" in Article 8 of the Supplementary Provisions), due consideration must be given so as not to unreasonably restrict the provision of information using the internet and other acts undertaken using the internet. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-5021-48/art-4/par-1: 附則第八条 → 著作権法 附則第八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8), suppl-5021-48/art-8 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-5021-48/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5021-48/art-8 - suppl-5021-48/art-4/par-1: 第百十九条第二項 → 著作権法 第百十九条第二項 (Article 119, paragraph (2)), art-119/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-119/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-119/par-2 - suppl-5021-48/art-4/par-1: 第四号 → 著作権法 第百十九条第二項第四号 (Article 119, paragraph (2), item (iv)), art-119/par-2/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-119/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-119/par-2/item-4 - suppl-5021-48/art-4/par-1: 第五号 → 著作権法 第百十九条第二項第五号 (Article 119, paragraph (2), item (v)), art-119/par-2/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-119/par-2/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-119/par-2/item-5 - suppl-5021-48/art-4/par-1: 第百二十条の二 → 著作権法 第百二十条の二 (Article 120-2), art-120-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-120-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-120-2 - suppl-5021-48/art-4/par-1: 第三号 → 著作権法 第百二十条の二第一項第三号 (Article 120-2, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-120-2/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-120-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-120-2/par-1/item-3 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 著作権法 附則第一条第一項第二号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-5021-48/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5021-48/art-1/par-1/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