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Performers' Rights provides a practical examination of the law relating to performers' rights. Practical expertise and numerous case references make it an essential reference for advising on disputes between performers and exploiters.

It covers the key issues which can impact on both performers and exploiters, including subsistence, duration, ownership, infringement and enforcement of performers' rights.

Covers the background and history

It examines why performers' rights exist, how performers' rights in the UK have evolved to their current form and considers the future direction of the law.

Fully up-to-date with recent changes

It analyses the numerous recent developments including:

1.  Performances (Moral Rights etc) Regulations 2006

2.  Intellectual Property (Enforcement etc) Regulations 2006

3.  Copyright and Performances (Application to Other
     Countries) Orders 2005-2008

New coverage on the moral rights
of performers

It explains what the moral rights of performers are, how they can be infringed upon and the possible remedies.

Practical detail on remedies for infringement

It presents a clear understanding of how your cases can be resolved by explaining the different remedies available.

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Incorporates key case law, including over 50 new cases such as:

•   Experience Hendrix v Purple Haze

•   Experience Hendrix v Purple Haze No 2

•   Barrett v Universal-Island

•   Bourne v Davis (Busted)

•   Sawkins v Hyperion

•   Fisher v Brooker (Whiter Shade of Pale)

•   Douglas v Hello

•   Laserdisken v Kulturministeriet (ECJ)

•   Uradex v RTD (ECJ)

•   Lucasfilm v Alnsworth

•   FA Premier League v QC Leisure (No 2)


Meet the author

Richard Arnold is a judge in the High Court, Chancery Division. He was formerly a QC specialising in intellectual property, entertainment and media law and information technology.


5 ways this book will help protect your client's rights

1.  Provides a detailed analysis of both performers' statutory rights and their general legal position

2.  Follows the history of performers' rights in the UK explaining how they have evolved to their current form today

3.  Examines key cases to help you build your own cases

4.  Features detailed coverage on moral rights of performers

5.  Looks at performers' rights in other countries


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Contents

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  • The Evolution of Performers' Rights in the UK
    •       • Introduction
    •       • The rationale for protecting performers
    •       • Copyright and neighbouring (related) rights
    •       • Historical review
  • Subsistence and Duration
    •       • Subsistence of performers' rights
    •       • Subsistence of recording rights
    •       • Duration of performers' rights and recording rights
  • Ownership, Licensing, Equitable Remuneration and the Copyright Tribunal
    •       • First ownership
    •       • Transmission of performers' rights
    •       • Transmission of recording rights
    •       • Joint ownership
    •       • Licences
    •       • Compulsory licensing
    •       • Rights to equitable remuneration
    •       • Collective licensing and the Copyright Tribunal
  • Infringement
    •       • Infringement of performers' rights
    •       • Infringement of recording rights
    •       • Knowledge or reason for belief
    •       • Territoriality
  • Permitted Acts and Defences
    •       • Permitted acts
    •       • Defences
  • Proceedings
    •       • Who may sue?
    •       • Who may be sued?
    •       • Venue
    •       • Remedies
    •       • Interim relief
  • Moral rights
    •       • Right to be identified as performer
    •       • Right to object to derogatory treatment
    •       • Duration of moral rights
    •       • Consent and waiver
    •       • Transmission of rights
    •       • Proceedings for infringement
    •       • Remedies for infringement
  • Criminal Law
    •       • Principal offences
    •       • Additional offences
    •       • Inchoate offences
    •       • Mens rea
    •       • Defences
    •       • Enforcement
    •       • Search warrants
    •       • Penalties
  • Performers' Contracts
    •       • Assignments of performers' property rights
    •       • Licences of performers' rights (consents)
    •       • Enforcement of performers' contracts
  • Other Forms of Protection for Performers
    •       • Copyright: performers as authors
    •       • Basic requirements
    •       • Copyright in sound recordings and films
    •       • Copyright in sets, costumes and props
    •       • Passing off
    •       • Breach of confidence, invasion of privacy and the right to control the use of one's image
    •       • Defamation
  • Performers' Rights in Other Countries
    •       • Summary of performers' rights under the Rome Convention
    •       • Summary of performers' rights under TRIPS
    •       • Summary of performers' rights under the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty
    •       • Table of countries
    •       • Particular countries
  • Appendix 1
    •       • Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, Part II and Schedules 2 and 2A (as amended)
  • Appendix 2
    •       • Copyright Tribunal Rules 1989 (as amended): rules 1-2, 34-37, 42-55, Schedule 3 Form 14
    •       • Copyright and Rights in Performances (Notice of Seizure) Order 1989
    •       • Duration of Copyright and Rights in Performances Regulations 1995, regulations 1-4, 27-36
    •       • Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 1996, regulations 1-4, 25-27, 30-34
    •       • Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003, regulations 1-3, 30-35, 40
    •       • Performances (Moral Rights etc) Regulations 2006, regulations 1-3, 8
    •       • Intellectual Property (Enforcement) Regulations 2006, regulations 1-3
    •       • Copyright and Performances (Application to Other Countries) Order 2008, articles 1, 6-7, Schedule
  • Appendix 3
    •       • Council Directive 93/83/EEC, recitals (1)-(29), Articles 1-4, 6, 8-10
    •       • Council and Parliament Directive 2001/29/EC, recitals (1)-(45), (58)-(61), Articles 1-5, 8-12
    •       • Council and Parliament Directive 2004/48/EC, recitals (1)-(27), (32), Articles 1-15
    •       • Council and Parliament Directive 2006/115/EC, recitals (1)-(13), (15)-(17), Articles 1-3, 5, 7-12
    •       • Council and Parliament Directive 2006/116/EC, recitals (1)-(12), (15), (17), (19), (22)-(25), Articles 3, 7-10
  • Appendix 4
    •       • Rome Convention 1961, Articles 1-9, 11-12, 14-22, 33
    •       • TRIPs: preamble, Articles 1-8, 14, 70-72
    •       • WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty, preamble, Articles 1-10, 15-23, 32, Addenda
    •       • EC Treaty: Articles 12, 28-30, 81-82
    •       • EEA Agreement: Article 1, Protocol 28, Articles 1, 2, 5


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