| (1) |
Subject to the provisions of this Act, no person shall— |
| (i) |
broadcast or communicate to the public an unfixed performance of such performer, unless the performance used in the broadcast or the public communication is itself already a broadcast performance; or |
| (ii) |
make a fixation of the unfixed performance of such performer; or |
| (iii) |
make a reproduction of a fixation of a performance of such performer— |
| (aa) |
if the original fixation, other than a fixation excluded by section 8 from the necessity for obtaining the consent of the performer, was itself made without his or her consent; or |
| (bb) |
if the reproduction is made for purposes other than those in respect of which such performer gave his or her consent to the making of the original fixation or of a reproduction thereof; or |
| (cc) |
if the original fixation was made in accordance with the provisions of section 8, and the reproduction is made for purposes not covered by those provisions; or |
| (b) |
by means of a fixation of a performance published for commercial purposes, without payment of a royalty to the performer concerned— |
| (i) |
broadcast the performance; |
| (ii) |
cause the performance to be transmitted in a diffusion service defined in section 1 of the Copyright Act, 1978 (Act No. 98 of 1978), unless such service transmits a lawful broadcast, including the performance, and is operated by the original broadcaster; or |
| (iii) |
cause any communication of the performance to the public. |
| (2) |
In the absence of an agreement to the contrary, a performer's consent to the broadcasting of his or her performance shall be deemed to include his or her consent to the rebroadcasting of his or her performance, the fixation of his or her performance for broadcasting purposes, and the reproduction for broadcasting purposes of such fixation. |
(3)
| (a) |
The amount of any royalty contemplated in subsection (1)(b) shall be determined by an agreement between the performer and the person who broadcasts or transmits, or causes communication of, the performance, as the case may be, or between their representative collecting societies. |
| (b) |
In the absence of an agreement contemplated in paragraph (a), any party may refer the matter to the Copyright Tribunal established in terms of section 29(1) of the Copyright Act, 1978 (Act No. 98 of 1978), or the parties may agree to refer the matter for arbitration in terms of the Arbitration Act, 1965 (Act No. 42 of 1965). |
(4)
| (a) |
A performer who has authorized the fixation of his or her performance shall, in the absence of any agreement to the contrary, be deemed to have granted to the person who arranges for such fixation to be made the exclusive right to receive the royalties contemplated in subsection (1)(b) in respect of any broadcast, transmission or communication of such fixed performance: Provided that the performer is entitled to share in any payment received by the person who arranges for the fixation, in the manner agreed upon between the performer and the person who arranges for such fixation, or between their representative collecting societies. |
| (b) |
In the absence of an agreement contemplated in the proviso to paragraph (a), any party contemplated in that proviso may refer the matter to the Copyright Tribunal established in terms of section 29(1) of the Copyright Act, 1978 (Act No. 98 of 1978), or the parties may agree to refer the matter for arbitration in terms of the Arbitration Act, 1965 (Act 42 of 1965). |
| (5) |
Any payment made in terms of subsection (4) shall be deemed to have discharged any obligation by the person who broadcasts or transmits or causes communication of the performance to pay a royalty to the owner of any copyright subsisting in that fixation in terms of section 9A of the Copyright Act, 1978 (Act No. 98 of 1978). |
| (6) |
In the event of any right to a royalty being assigned to any successor in title, either by contractual arrangement, operation of law, testamentary disposition or otherwise, any successor in title shall be entitled to enforce such right to a royalty against the person who in terms of this section is obliged to pay or against his or her successor in title. |
[Section 5 substituted by section 3 of Act No. 8 of 2002]
Statistics Act, 1999
