26. Duration of protection of performer
The right of a performer under this Act shall be protected for fifty years from the
date of the performance.
27. Rights of Director
A director of a performance, sound recording or audio-visual fixation has a right—
(a) to be identified as the director;
(b) to have his or her name mentioned each time a performance, sound
recording or audio-visual fixation is used or whenever any acts referred
to in section 24 is done in relation to the work except where it is not
practicable to do so;
28. Rights of producer
(1) A producer of a sound recording or audio-visual fixation shall have a right
to authorise the reproduction of that sound recording or audio-visual fixation.
(2) A producer of sound recording or audio-visual fixation shall have the right
to authorise the distribution or making available to the public of the original or
copies of the fixation through sale or other transfer of ownership.
(3) A producer of sound recording or audio-visual fixation shall have the right
to authorise the commercial rental to the public of the original or copies of the
fixation even after the distribution or making available to the public of the original
or copies of the fixation by the producer.
(4) A producer of sound recording or audio visual fixation shall have the right
to authorise making available to the public of the fixation, by wire or wireless
means, in such a way that members of the public may access the fixation from a
place and at a time individually chosen by them.
(5) No person shall reproduce, distribute or make available to the public a
sound recording or audio-visual fixation without the authorisation of the producer
under this section.
(6) For the purposes of this section, reproduction of a copy of a sound
recording or an audio-visual fixation shall be unlawful if, with or without imitating
the outward characteristics of the original work, it incorporates all or part of the
sound or image with or without sound and without authorisation.
(7) Where a sound recording or audio-visual fixation for commercial
advertisement or its reproduction is used for broadcasting or for any other form of
communication to the public, the user shall not require the authorisation of the
producer, but shall pay an equitable remuneration to the producer and the performer.
(8) The rights of the producer under this section shall be protected for fifty
years from the date of the cutting of the matrix.
29. Duty to indicate moral right information
(1) The producer or publisher has a duty to indicate on the book, cable of the
disc or tape or the container—