Article 47. Performer's rights

The performer shall have the following rights:

the right to a name;

the right to protection of the performance against any distortion or any other infringement, which may damage the honor and dignity of the performer's rights;

exclusive rights to use the performance in any form, including the right to receive remuneration for each type of use of his/her performance.

The exclusive rights of the performer to use the performance shall mean the right to perform or authorize the following acts:

reproduction of the performance recording (right of reproduction);

distribution of the original or copies of the performance recording by sale or other transfer of ownership (right of distribution);

communication of the performance recording to the general public (right of public communication);

renting out the original or copies of the performance recording, even after their distribution with the performer's consent and regardless of the ownership of the original and copies (right to rent out);

recording previously unrecorded performances (right of recording);

broadcasting or communication via cable of a performance if the performance used for such broadcasting has not previously been broadcast or recorded (right to broadcast or communicate via cable an unrecorded performance);

broadcasting or communication via cable the performance recording if the recording was not originally made for commercial purposes (right to broadcast or communicate via cable the performance recording).

The exclusive right of the performer to reproduce the recording of the performance shall not apply where:

the original recording of the performance was made with the consent of the performer;

the reproduction of the performance recording shall be made for the same purpose for which the performance recording was made with the consent of the performer;

the reproduction of the performance recording shall be made for the same purposes for which the recording was made in accordance with the provisions of Article 53 of this Law.

Where copies of the performance recording have been legally introduced into civil circulation through their sale or other transfer of ownership, their further distribution shall be permitted without consent of the performer and without payment of remuneration to him.