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COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS ACT, 2000

Chapter 16

Remedies: Owner of Performers' Non-Property Rights and Person Having Recording Rights

Infringement actionable as a breach of statutory duty.

308. —(1) An infringement of—

(a) a performer's non-property rights, or

(b) any right conferred by this Part on a person having recording rights,

is actionable as a breach of statutory duty owed to the person entitled to the right.

(2) A person may apply to the appropriate court for damages or other relief in respect of an infringement of a right referred to in subsection (1).