The Protection of Moral Rights of Performers in Iranian and French Law and International Documents

The characteristic of performers reflects in their performances so this question will be arisen that whether performers have copyright in their performances. The Intellectual Property Code of France prescribed the rights of attribution and integrity for them. However, they use other approaches for completing the protection in the practice and doctrine. In respect with Iranian regulations there is no express code or article in the case of performers and the ways of protection of their rights, it is necessary to utilize other proper solutions for protection of their moral rights. For this purpose, it is possible to consider the contract law, general rules related to person characteristic and civil liability law as a solution. Aside it is required to have especial rules for moral rights and determining the rights of attribution and integrity for performers. So the rules which are proposed in the Intellectual Property Bill can be acceptable by some alternations.