# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3) - 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: 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3)（放送同時配信等の対象としない自動公衆送信を定めるための準備行為） — address `suppl-5031-52/art-3` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-5031-52/art-3 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5031-52/art-3 - 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. --- ### 第三条（放送同時配信等の対象としない自動公衆送信を定めるための準備行為） — (Preparatory Actions for Determining Automatic Public Transmission not to Make the Subject of the Simultaneous Broadcasting) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-5031-52/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-5031-52/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5031-52/art-3 **第一項** 文化庁長官は、第一条改正後著作権法第二条第一項第九号の七に規定する著作権者、出版権者若しくは著作隣接権者の利益を不当に害するおそれがある自動公衆送信又は広く国民が容易に視聴することが困難な自動公衆送信を定めるために、施行日前においても、総務大臣に協議することができる。 suppl-5031-52/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-5031-52/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5031-52/art-3/par-1 The Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs may consult with the Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications for determining automatic public transmission that would unreasonably prejudice the interests of the copyright owner, the owner of print rights or the owner of neighboring rights or one that cannot be easily viewed or listened to widely by citizens, provided for in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (ix)-7 of the Copyright Act amended under Article 1 even before the date of its enforcement. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-5031-52/art-3/par-1: 第一条改正後著作権法第二条第一項第九号の七 → 著作権法 第二条第一項第九号の七 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (ix-7)), art-2/par-1/item-9-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-2/par-1/item-9-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-2/par-1/item-9-7 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite 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-5031-52/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5031-52/art-1/par-1/item-2 - 著作権法 附則第七条第一項（政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-5031-52/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5031-52/art-7/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