Performers Rights: Need for an Effective Protection

TABLE OF CONTENTS
RESEARCH PROBLEM;
RESEARCH CONTEXT;
RESEARCH PURPOSE;
GUIDING QUESTIONS;
INTERNATIONAL LEGAL FRAMEWORK;
THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR 1HE PROTECTION OF PERFORMERS, PRODUCERS OF PHONOGRAMS AND BROADCASTING ORGANISATIONS, 1961 (ROME CONVENTION);
AGREEMENT ON TRADE-RELATED ASPECTS OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS, 1994 (TRIPS);
THE WIPO PERFORMANCES AND PHONOGRAMS TREATY, 1996. (WPPT);
THE PROPOSED WIPO AUDIOVISUAL PERFORMANCES TREATY (W APT);
DIFFERENT FORMS OF PROTECTION;
DOCIRINE OF 1HE RIGHT OF PUBLICITY;
Origin of rights of publicity;
The formulation of right of publicity;
Different between publicity and primary rights;
Characteristics of the right of publicity;
The test of infringement;
Discernibility of right of publicity;
PASSING OFF;
CON1RACT;
Protection of ideas;
Theories of protection;
Express contract;
Implied contract;
Quasi contract;
Property;
COMMON LAW COPYRIGHT AND OTIIER PROTECTION OF UNFIXED PERFORMANCES;
Common Law Copyright;
Protection of unfixed Performance;
NEIGHBOURING RIGHTS;
THE UNITED KINGDOM COPYRIGHT, DESIGNS AND PA TENTS ACT;
Subsistence of performer’s rights;
Duration of performer’s rights;
Rights of performers;
Infringement of performer’s rights;
PERFORMERS' RIGHTS IN INDIA;
OONCLUSION;
BIBLIOGRAPHY;