Have Your Say: Performers Protection Amendment Bill [B 24b-2016]
The Select Committee on Trade and International Relations invites interested individuals and stakeholders to submit written comments on the Performers’ Protection Amendment Bill [B24B - 2016].
The Bill seeks to amend the Performers’ Protection Act, 1967, so as to insert, delete or substitute certain definitions; to provide for performers’ economic rights; to extend moral rights to performers in audiovisual fixations; to provide for the transfer of rights where a performer consents to fixation of a performance; to provide for the protection of rights of producers of sound recordings; to broaden the restrictions on the use of performances; to extend the application of restrictions on the use of performances to audiovisual fixations; to provide for royalties or equitable remuneration to be payable when a performance is sold or rented out; to provide for recordal and reporting of certain acts and to provide for an offence in relation thereto; to extend exceptions from prohibitions to audiovisual fixation and sound recordings and include exceptions provided for in the Copyright Act, 1978; to provide for the Minister to prescribe compulsory and standard contractual terms as well as guidelines for a performer to grant consent under this Act; to provide for prohibited conduct and exceptions in respect of technological protection measures and copyright management information respectively; to provide for further offences and penalties; to substitute certain expressions; to provide for transitional provisions; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Enquiries, as well as written submissions, can be addressed to the Select Committee on Trade and International Relations, for attention of Mr Hlupheka Mtileni, 3rd floor, W/S 3/083, 90 Plein Street Cape Town 8001, or e-mailed to hmtileni@parliament.gov.za In addition to the written comments, please indicate your interest in making a verbal presentation to the Committee.
The closing date for submissions is 22 February 2019.
Copies of the Bill can be obtained from Mr Mtileni on tel: 021 403 8077, cell: 083 709 8448 or www.parliament.gov.za
Issued by Mr ER Makue, MP, Chairperson: Select Committee on Trade and International Relations