Section 17.2 — Copyright Act: Application and term

Subsection 17.1(1) applies only in respect of a performer’s performance that occurs after the coming into force of that subsection. The moral rights subsist for the same term as the copyright in that performer’s performance. The moral rights in respect of a performer’s performance pass, on the performer’s death, to the person to whom those rights are specifically bequeathed; if there is not a specific bequest of those moral rights and the performer dies testate in respect of the copyright in the performer’s performance, the person to whom that copyright is bequeathed; or if there is not a person as described in paragraph (a) or (b), the person entitled to any other property in respect of which the performer dies intestate. Subsection (2) applies, with any modifications that the circumstances require, on the death of any person who holds moral rights.