194DTransmission of performers’ rights relating to consent for recording or live transmission and to film recordings on death

1. On the death of a person entitled to the rights conferred by sections 171 to 174,—

2. the rights pass to the person that he or she may by testamentary disposition specifically direct; and
3. if or to the extent that there is no such direction, the rights are exercisable by his or her personal representatives.

4. If, under subsection (1)(a), a right becomes exercisable by more than 1 person, it is exercisable by each of them independently of the other or others.

5. Any damages recovered by personal representatives under this section in respect of an infringement after a person’s death devolve as part of his or her estate as if the right of action had existed and been vested in him or her immediately before his or her death.