Copyright Act 1968

This section has effect subject to this Subdivision.

A person infringes a performer’s right of integrity of performership in respect of a live performance or recorded performance if the person subjects the performance, or authorises the performance to be subjected, to derogatory treatment.

If a live performance, as affected by derogatory treatment, has become a recorded performance, then a person infringes a performer’s right of integrity of performership in respect of the live performance if the person does any of the following in respect of the recorded performance:

makes a copy record of the recorded performance;

communicates the recorded performance to the public;

causes the recorded performance to be heard in public.

If a recorded performance has been subjected to derogatory treatment, then a person infringes a performer’s right of integrity of performership in respect of the recorded performance if the person does any of the following in respect of the recorded performance (as affected by the derogatory treatment):

makes a copy record of the recorded performance;

communicates the recorded performance to the public;

causes the recorded performance to be heard in public.