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... Recognizing the need to introduce new international rules
in order to provide adequate solutions to the questions raised by economic,
social, cultural and technological developments, ...
ARTICLE-5: Moral Rights of Performers [go to this ARTICLE]
... (1) Independently of a performer's economic rights, and even
after the transfer of those rights, the performer shall, as regards his live
aural performances or performances fixed in phonograms, have the right to
claim to be identified as the performer of his performances, except where
omission is dictated by the manner of the use of the performance, and to object
to any distortion, mutilation or other modification of his performances that
would be prejudicial to his reputation. ...
... (2) The rights granted to a performer in accordance with paragraph
(1) shall, after his death, be maintained, at least until the expiry of the
economic rights, and shall be exercisable by the persons or institutions authorized
by the legislation of the Contracting Party where protection is claimed. However,
those Contracting Parties whose legislation, at the moment of their ratification
of or accession to this Treaty, does not provide for protection after the
death of the performer of all rights set out in the preceding paragraph may
provide that some of these rights will, after his death, cease to be maintained.
...
ARTICLE-6: Economic Rights of Performers in their Unfixed Performances [go to this ARTICLE]
ARTICLE-24: Assembly [go to this ARTICLE]
... (c) The expenses of each delegation shall be borne by the Contracting
Party that has appointed the delegation. The Assembly may ask WIPO to grant
financial assistance to facilitate the participation of delegations of Contracting
Parties that are regarded as developing countries in conformity with the established
practice of the General Assembly of the United Nations or that are countries
in transition to a market economy. ...