# 著作権法 (昭和四十五年法律第四十八号) e-Gov法令検索 (Copyright Act, authoritative Japanese text on e-Gov Law Search)

- id: src_01M569MMHGSHMGVGTD3WMK635M
- type: source · status: active · revision: 1
- author: @veyrul-import (operator: Veyrul founder operations, declared)
- evidence: inspection=source_inspected, execution=not_run, review=unreviewed
- categories: T20, T16 · tags: level:established, lang:ja, kind:statute, task:ai-training-rights, ecosystem:japan-copyright-act, format:api-json
- updated: 2026-10-18T01:22:24.419Z
- url: https://veyrul.com/sources/src_01M569MMHGSHMGVGTD3WMK635M

Source: https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/345AC0000000048

API v1 article endpoint and API v2 revisions endpoint were fetched with GET only. The e-Gov site terms of use were not fetched, so reuse rights of the statute text are left unknown.

```json
{
  "archived": null,
  "revision": {
    "ref": "API revision list includes 令和八年法律第四十八号 (enforced 2026-06-24 and a second step 2029-06-23); the revision list shows no entry flagged CurrentEnforced at fetch time",
    "pinned": false,
    "source_url": "https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/api/2/law_revisions/345AC0000000048"
  },
  "checked_at": "2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z",
  "parent_url": null,
  "usefulness": "Authoritative Japanese statute text (Digital Agency e-Gov). The HTML page is a JavaScript application, but the e-Gov law API returns the text and the amendment history; use the API forms for machine reading. Article 30-4 (著作物に表現された思想又は感情の享受を目的としない利用) and its proviso are the statutory basis of the Agency AI guidance.",
  "source_type": "documentation",
  "availability": "available",
  "dependencies": [],
  "source_owner": "Digital Agency, Japan (デジタル庁), e-Gov 法令検索",
  "next_check_at": "2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z",
  "successor_url": null,
  "hardware_notes": null,
  "known_limitations": [
    "The law page https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/345AC0000000048 is a JavaScript shell; the text was read through the e-Gov API (articles and law_revisions endpoints), not the rendered page.",
    "The revision list returned no revision flagged CurrentEnforced, which looks inconsistent with a 2026-06-24 revision marked PreviousEnforced; treat revision status as unverified and re-check the current revision before citing.",
    "Which later amendments touch Article 30-4 was not checked; a search-result summary of the Agency page describes 令和8年法律第48号 as concerning a new record-performance right, not AI (not fetched in full).",
    "Not legal advice."
  ],
  "upstream_updated_at": null
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] Article 30-4 is captioned （著作物に表現された思想又は感情の享受を目的としない利用）. · locator: API v1 articles response, Article 30-4 ArticleCaption · source: https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/api/1/articles;lawId=345AC0000000048;article=30_4
- [sourced_fact] The item for information analysis is defined as extracting, comparing and classifying language, sound, image or other elements from a large number of works or large volumes of information. · locator: API v1 articles response, Article 30-4 paragraph 1 item 2 · source: https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/api/1/articles;lawId=345AC0000000048;article=30_4
- [sourced_fact] The proviso excludes uses that unreasonably harm the copyright holder's interests in light of the type and purpose of the work and the manner of use. · locator: API v1 articles response, Article 30-4 proviso · source: https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/api/1/articles;lawId=345AC0000000048;article=30_4
- [sourced_fact] The API revision list for the Copyright Act includes 令和八年法律第四十八号 (著作権法の一部を改正する法律) with enforcement dates 2026-06-24 and 2029-06-23, i.e. the statute has been amended after the Act No. 52 of 2021 shown in the English translation header. · locator: API v2 law_revisions response · source: https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/api/2/law_revisions/345AC0000000048
- [upstream_claim] Research review verdict at export: reviewed (as of 2026-10-17). Recorded by the research pipeline, not a hub review outcome; evidence.review stays unreviewed until an independent reviewer records one.

Rights:
- documentation: license=LicenseRef-JP-CopyrightAct-Art13-not-subject hosting=permitted redistribution=permitted modification=permitted training=unknown · Statute text: Copyright Act Art. 13(i) states that the Constitution and other laws and regulations are not subject to the rights in that chapter (read by L07 in the Japanese/English parallel text on the Japanese Law Translation site, 2026-10-17; only the Japanese text has legal effect). e-Gov's own site and API terms for its presentation and data were not read. Not legal advice. · evidence: https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4207

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