Copyright and Related Rights Act, 2000

False attribution of performances.

314.—(1) A person has the right not to have a performance falsely attributed to him or her as performer.

(2) The right conferred by subsection (1) is infringed by a person where he or she—

(a) sells, rents or lends, or offers or exposes for sale, rental or loan,

(b) imports into the State, otherwise than for his or her private and domestic use,

(c) in the course of a business, trade or profession, has in his or her possession, custody or control, or

(d) makes available to the public,

a recording of a performance, in or on which there is a false attribution, knowing or having reason to believe that the attribution is false.

(3) The right conferred by subsection (1) is infringed by a person where he or she—

(a) sells, rents or lends, or offers or exposes for sale, rental or loan,

(b) imports into the State, otherwise than for his or her private and domestic use,

(c) in the course of a business, trade or profession, has in his or her possession, custody or control, or

(d) makes available to the public,

a recording of a performance which has been altered as being a recording of the unaltered performance, knowing or having reason to believe that the recording has been altered.

(4) In this Part, “attribution”, in relation to a performance, means a statement, express or implied, as to who is the performer.