Public Perfoming Rights

Public Perfoming Rights is regulated under COPYRIGHT AND PERFORMERS PROTECTION ACT. The Act regulates the rights of performers, producers and broadcasters. It provides for protection of the performance of literary works (books), music (songs or instrumentalmusic) and artistic works staged in South Africa or countries belonging to the Rome Convention. Musicians generate income from live performances, which are regulated through the Act. Copyright is one of a collection of tools that fall under the heading of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) that can be used to: protect an author or developers rights; stop others abusing those rights; buy and sell rights; licence others to use your rights or obtain a licence from others to use their rights. Main types of IPR’s includes Copyrights, Patents, Design Rights, Trademarks and Trade Secrecy. What types of works are eligible for copyright protection? Literary (written), musical and artistic works; movie; record; emissions; program carrier signal; Published editions and computer programs. IP refers to creations of the mind, such as inventions, literary and artistic works, and designs and symbols, as well as names and images used in commerce. Intellectual property is legally protected by patents, copyrights, trademarks, etc. People can get recognition or financial gain from what they invest or create. by hitting. The right balance between the interests of innovators and the broader public interest of IP. The system aims to foster an environment in which creativity and innovation can thrive. Copyright law was first introduced in the United States in 1790 as part of constitutional protections for artists and writers. However, it was not until the late 1880s that an international effort was made to harmonize the copyright laws of the participating countries. That was the famous Berne Convention. The value of the author is protected to avoid another person to use his or her work as his or generate income from another person’s work. If you own the copyright to your idea, you can license it to your online platform and earn royalties. Should we do not have Copyrights polices the original work can be copied to the degree where the originator cannot sell his work or receive credit for it. The copyright owner is the only one who has the right to reproduce copies of his or her own work. The owner of the work can edit or make imitation of his or her original work. The owner has a right to distribution of his or her work to the public. The rights of performers are recognised because their creative is necessary to give life to literary, musical and artistic works. The Act does not in any way restrict or affect the rights provided for by any other law relating to copyright in literary and artistic works.Royalties are paid to the copyright owner for performances based on contractual terms.Protection of copyright and related rights serves the twin objectives of preserving and developing national culture and providing a means for commercial exploitation. Music is one of the example of public perfoming that is protedted under copyrights. It includes live perfomances and recording the material. The copyrights laws aim to protedt the work of the artist from being unlawfully reproduced. The Act is there however the artist are still suffering a huge loss from the unlawful reproduction. Their work is shared without their consent or without gaining any profit from in black market. Technology and is growing more advance as digitizing art work grows, which is a huge crash as it backfires in issue such as reproduction of work illegally. SAMRO is South African Music Right Organisation. It is one of the organization that administer as follows: a songwriter assigns and manage the performance rights of specific songs to SAMRO. SAMRO needS to identify who wrote the music and lyrics and who published the work. It should also outline each rights holder's percentage ownership interest in each musical work. For example, if you're in a band and co-produced a song, you'll need to specify how the royalties will be divided. That is how SAMRO works. I have included a link to the neccessary forms from SAMRO.

I have included a link for anyone interested in registering their work with SAMRO. In this video illustrate step by step of becoming a member of the organisation and benefits of being protected under the organisation.