US Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act 2004 (120 of 2004)

Schedule 9   Copyright amendments

Part 2   Performers' moral rights

Copyright Act 1968

43   After Division 4 of Part IX

Insert:

Division 4A - Right of integrity of performership

195ALA Performer's right of integrity of performership

(1) A performer in a live performance or recorded performance has a right of integrity of performership in respect of the performance.

(2) The performer's right is the right not to have the performance subjected to derogatory treatment.

Note: If there is more than one performer in a performance, then each performer has a right of integrity of performership: see subsection 195AZQ(4).

195ALB Derogatory treatment of performance

In this Part:

derogatory treatment , in relation to a performer in a live performance or recorded performance, means the doing, in relation to the performance, of anything that results in a material distortion of, the mutilation of, or a material alteration to, the performance that is prejudicial to the performer's reputation.