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

Schedule 9   Copyright amendments

Part 1   Performers' rights in sound recordings

Copyright Act 1968

3   At the end of section 22

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Definitions

(7) In this section:

live performance means:

(a) a performance (including an improvisation) of a dramatic work, or part of such a work, including such a performance given with the use of puppets; or

(b) a performance (including an improvisation) of a musical work or part of such a work; or

(c) the reading, recitation or delivery of a literary work, or part of such a work, or the recitation or delivery of an improvised literary work; or

(d) a performance of a dance; or

(e) a performance of a circus act or a variety act or any similar presentation or show; or

(f) a performance of an expression of folklore;

being a live performance, whether in the presence of an audience or otherwise.

performer in a live performance:

(a) means each person who contributed to the sounds of the performance; and

(b) if the performance includes a performance of a musical work - includes the conductor.

sound recording of a live performance means a sound recording, made at the time of the live performance, consisting of, or including, the sounds of the performance.