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Part 2 · Related rights  ›  Division 3 · Protection of performers › Section 82

Duration of exploitation rights

(1) Where a performance has been recorded on an audio medium, the performer’s rights of as referred to in sections 77 and 78 expire 70 years after the release of the audio recording or, if its first legal use for communication to the public took place earlier, 70 years after the latter. Where the performance was not recorded on an audio medium, the rights of the performer as referred to in sections 77 and 78 expire 50 years after the release of the recording or, if its first legal use for communication to the public occurred earlier, 50 years thereafter. However, the performer’s rights already expire 50 years after the performance if a recording has not been released or not legally used for communication to the public within that period.

(2) The organiser’s rights as referred to in section 81 expire 25 years after the release of a recording of the performance or, if the first legal use for communication to the public occurred earlier, 25 years thereafter. The rights already expire 25 years after the performance if a recording has not been released or not legally used for communication to the public within that period.

(3) The periods are to be calculated in accordance with section 69.

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