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;