Annotated Republic of China Laws/Copyright Act/Article 26

Promulgated amendment on 2003-07-09

 * Article 26


 * Except as otherwise provided in this Act, authors of oral and literary, musical, and dramatic/choreographic works have the exclusive right to publicly perform their works.


 * Performers have the exclusive right, by means of loudspeakers or other equipment, to publicly perform their performances; provided, this shall not apply to public performances of a performance by means of loudspeakers or other equipment after that performance has been reproduced or publicly broadcast.


 * Where a sound recording has been publicly performed, the author may claim payment of remuneration for use from the persons who publicly performed it.


 * If the sound recording under the preceding paragraph is a recording of a live performance, the author and the performer of the recorded work shall jointly claim payment of compensation for use. Where one of them makes such claim first, it shall distribute to the other its share of the remuneration.

Promulgated amendment on 2004-09-01

 * Article 26
 * Except as otherwise provided in this Act, authors of oral and literary, musical, and dramatic/choreographic works have the exclusive right to publicly perform their works.
 * Performers have the exclusive right, by means of loudspeakers or other equipment, to publicly perform their performances; provided, this shall not apply to public performances of a performance by means of loudspeakers or other equipment after that performance has been reproduced or publicly broadcast.
 * Where a sound recording has been publicly performed, the author may claim payment of remuneration for use from the persons who publicly performed it.

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Paragraph 4 was deleted in 2004.