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Copyright Act 1994

Performers' rights - Performers’ moral rights - Right relating to derogatory treatment of performance

170E: Right relating to derogatory treatment of performance

You could also call this:

"Protection from bad treatment of your performance"

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You have rights as a performer. If someone treats your performance in a derogatory way, it infringes your rights. This rule has some exceptions, which are explained in sections 170F to 170H, which you can find by following the link to sections 170F to 170H.

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View the original legislation for this page at https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=LMS151723.

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Part 9Performers' rights
Performers’ moral rights: Right relating to derogatory treatment of performance

170ERight relating to derogatory treatment of performance

  1. A performer’s rights are infringed by a person if the person subjects a performance to derogatory treatment.

  2. Subsection (1) is subject to sections 170F to 170H.

Notes
  • Section 170E: inserted, on , by section 18 of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership Amendment Act 2018 (2016 No 90).