Copyright and Related Rights Act, 2000

Performers' rights: general.

203.—(1) A performer has the exclusive right to authorise or prohibit—

(a) the making of a recording of the whole or any substantial part of a qualifying performance directly from the live performance,

(b) the broadcasting live, or including live in a cable programme service, of the whole or any substantial part of a qualifying performance, or

(c) the making of a recording of the whole or any substantial part of a qualifying performance directly from a broadcast of, or cable programme including, the live performance.

(2) The rights of a performer conferred by this section are infringed by a person who, without the consent of the performer, undertakes or authorises another to undertake any of the acts referred to in subsection (1).

(3) The rights of a performer conferred by this section are not infringed by the making of a recording referred to in subsection (1) (c) by a person for his or her private and domestic use.

(4) Where a recording, which would otherwise be an illicit recording, is made under this section but is subsequently sold, rented or lent, or offered or exposed for sale, rental or loan, or otherwise made available to the public, it shall be treated as an illicit recording for those purposes and for all subsequent purposes.

(5) In an action for infringement of the rights of a performer brought under this section, damages shall not be awarded against a defendant who shows that at the time of the infringement he or she did not know and had no reason to believe that consent had not been given.