law: Copyright Act, 1957 
  38. Performer’s right – 
  (1) Where any performer appears or engages in
  
  any performance, he shall have a special right to be known as the
  
  "performer’s right" in relation to such performance.
  (2) The performer’s right shall subsist until
  
  twenty-five years from the beginning of the calendar year next following the
  
  year in which the performance is made.
  (3) During the continuance of performer’s
  
  right in relation to any performance, any person who, without the consent of
  
  the performer, does any of the following acts in respect of the performance or
  
  any substantial part thereof, namely;- 
  a. makes a sound
  
  recording or visual recording of the performance, or
  b. reproduces a
  
  sound recording or visual recording of the performance, which sound recording
  
  or visual recording was- 
  a. made without
  
  the performer’s consent, or
  i. made for purposes
  
  different from those for which the performer gave his consent, or
  ii. made for purposes
  
  different from those referred to in Section 39 from a sound recording or visual
  
  recording which was made in accordance with Section 39, or
  1. broadcasts the
  
  performance except where the broadcast is made from a sound recording or visual
  
  recording other than one made in accordance with Section 39, or is a
  
  rebroadcast by the same broadcasting organization of an earlier broadcast which
  
  did not infringe the performer’s right, or
  2. communicates the
  
  performance to the public otherwise than by broadcast, except where such
  
  communication to the public is made from a sound recording or visual recording
  
  or a broadcast.
  Shall, subject to the provisions of section
  
  39, be deemed to have infringed the performer’s right.
  (4) Once a performer has consented to the
  
  incorporation of his performance in a cinematograph film, the provision of sub
  
  sections (1), (2) and (3) shall have no further application to such
  
  performance.]