1[38. Performer's right.-- (1) Where any performer appears or engages in any performance, he shall have a special right to be known as the "performer's right" in relation to such performance.
(2) The performer's right shall subsist until 2[fifty years] from the beginning of the calendar year next following the year in which the performance is made.
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(2) The performer's right shall subsist until 2[fifty years] from the beginning of the calendar year next following the year in which the performance is made.
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Source footnotes
1. Subs. by Act 38 of 1994, s. 14, for section 38 (w.e.f. 10-5-1995).2. Subs. by 49 of 1999, s. 4, for "twenty-five years" (w.e.f. 15-1-2000).
3. Omitted by Act 27 of 2012, s. 26 (w.e.f. 21-6-2012).
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