The Intellectual Property of the Philippines (IP Philippines) has asked for a consultation meeting with our Filipino Performers through the
Performers' Rights Society of the Philippines led by Leo Martinez, Gina Alajar, Joel Torre, Mitch Valdez and Cherie Gil, among others, to discuss The Beijing Treaty For Audio Visual Performances (BTAP) of 2012.
agreement, though, this initial concept of
performers' rightsIn accordance with the fundamental principles underlying intellectual property law and global trends, this Note will argue that this problem should be addressed by incorporating into the American intellectual property scheme an enumerated set of
performers' rights and limited moral rights.
For the unfamiliar, in general, the
performers' rights organizations (ASCAP, BMI, SESAC) administer the copyrights for a vast collection of musical work and license the use of these catalogues.
The Individual Exploitation of Sound Recordings and
Performers' Rights*
Performers' Rights Initiative www.performersrightsinitiative.
If adopted, the UAE official said the treaty will extend
performers' rights against unauthorized use of audiovisual performances to films and videos available on the internet and will raise the minimum term of protection to 50 years from the Rome Convention's 20 years, as provided by the World Trade Organization's Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property (TRIPs).
The changes bring
performers' rights closer to those of composers who have protection throughout their lives and for 70 years after their deaths.
The investigation concerned the allegedly restrictive membership policy and guidelines applied by the SCAPR (Societies' Council for the Collective Management of
Performers' Rights) and the practices of two national collective rights management organisations, EJI (Hungary) and CREDIDAM (Romania), which imposed discriminatory administrative requirements for the membership registration of foreign artists and performers.
Before the CDPA, various English provisions regulated
performers' rights. The pre-1988 legislation consisted of the Dramatic and Musical Performers' Protection Act of 1958 as amended by the Performers' Protection Act of 1963.
* Recommendation 3: The European Commission should retain the length of protection on sound recordings and
performers' rights at 50 years.
The European Parliament decided to go half-way, after concluding that the extension of
performers' rights to 95 years was too long.
