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(ii) where the reproduction is made for purposes different from those for which the performer gave his authorization. (e) rent for commercial purposes to the public, the original and copies of their fixed performances. (2) In the absence of any contractual agreement to the contrary in circumstances of employment from which the contrary would normally be inferred (a) the authorization to broadcast does not imply an authorization to license other organizations to broadcast the performance; (b) the authorization to broadcast does not imply an authorization to make a fixation of the performance; and (c) the authorization to broadcast and fix the performance does not imply an authorization to reproduce the fixation. (3) A binding authorization given under this section may be given by the performer or by a duly appointed representative to whom he has granted in writing the right to give such authorization; and any authorization given by the performer claiming that he has retained the relevant rights or by a person claiming to be a duly appointed representative of a performer shall be considered valid unless the recipient knew or had good reason to believe that the claim or appointment, as the case may be, was not valid. (4) Protection of the rights of the performer under this section shall subsist for fifty years after the end of the year in which the performance took place. (5) The performer shall, during his lifetime, as regards live performances or performances fixed in phonograms, have the right, independently of his economic rights, to (a) be identified as the performer of his performances and to object to any distortion, mutilation, or other modification of his performances that would be prejudicial to his reputation; and (b) seek relief in connection with any distortion, mutilation or other modification of, and any other derogatory action in relation to his work, where such work would be or is prejudicial to his honour or reputation. (6) In this section "performance" means the representation of a work by such action as dancing, playing, reciting, singing, declaiming or projecting to listeners by any means whatsoever; "performer" means an actor, singer, declaimer, musician or other person who performs a literary or musical work and includes the conductor of the performance of any such work; "publication" means a work or a sound recording, tangible copies of which have been made available to the public in a reasonable quantity for sale, rental, public lending or for other transfer of the ownership or the possession of the copies, provided that, in the case of a work, the making

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