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This inalienable and imprescriptible right shall be a strictly personal right.
It shall be transferable to his heirs for the protection of the performance and of the
memory of the deceased.
Article 97: The following acts shall be subject to the written consent of the performer:
1 the fixation of his nonfixed performance;
2 the reproduction of the fixation of his performance;
3 the distribution of copies of a fixation of his performance by sale or by any other form
of transfer of ownership;
4 – rental or public lending;
5 the broadcasting of his performance, except where the broadcast is made by means of
a fixation of the performance or where it is a retransmission authorized by the
broadcasting organization that was the first to transmit the performance;
6 the communication to the public of his performance, except where such
communication is made by means of a fixation of the performance or where it is made by
means of a broadcast of the performance.
Article 98: Unless otherwise provided:
1 the broadcasting authorization shall not imply authorization to permit other
broadcasting organizations to transmit the performance;
2 the broadcasting authorization shall not imply authorization to fix the performance;
3 the authorization to broadcast and fix the performance shall not imply authorization to
reproduce the fixation;
4 the authorization to fix the performance and to reproduce the fixation shall not imply
authorization to broadcast the performance by means of the fixation or of reproductions
thereof.
Article 99: The duration of performers' economic rights shall be fifty (50) years from:
1 – January 1 of the calendar year following that of fixation, in the case of performances
fixed in phonograms or videograms;
2 – January 1 of the calendar year following that of performance, in the case of
performances that are not fixed in phonograms or videograms.