Public performance definition

Public performance means acting, singing, playing, reciting, reading, dancing or otherwise publicly performing a work, either directly (live performance) or by means of any device or equipment in a certain public place in which a group of the members of the public of an indefinite number are or may be present at the same time.
Public performance means to act, dance, sing, play a musical instrument, or use other means to communicate the content of a work to a public that is present at the scene. This includes any communication to the public of an original broadcast of sounds or images through loudspeakers or other equipment.
Public performance means, in the case of —

Examples of Public performance in a sentence

  • Public performance rights for music can be secured through: SOCIETY OF COMPOSERS, AUTHORS AND MUSIC PUBLISHERS OF CANADA (SOCAN) ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, Ontario M3B 2S6 - 416-445-8700.

  • Manager will schedule and control the Public performance schedule at the Promenade, and will schedule at least 100 events per year (such as concerts and plays).

  • Public performance rights for plays can be secured through the play’s publisher.

  • Public performance and display from within Craft3R, including for commercial purposes.

  • You agree that you have the necessary licenses, insurance and certifi- ▇▇▇▇▇ for us to perform including but not limited to: • An up-to-date fire certificate for the venue; • A premises, personal or event license permitting our live performance; • Performing rights licence; • Public performance licence; • Public liability insurance; • Employer’s liability insurance.


More Definitions of Public performance

Public performance means the broadcast or other performance of a Composition in a public environment.
Public performance means causing the Music Recordings to be seen or heard in public by any means whatsoever, irrespective of whether the Music Recordings, is used directly or indirectly;
Public performance means (1) in case of a work other than an audiovisual work, the recitation, playing, dancing, acting or otherwise performing the work, either directly or by means of any device or process; (2) in the case of an audiovisual work, the showing of its images in sequence and the making of the sounds accompanying it audible; and (3) in the case of a sound recording, the act of making the recorded sounds audible at a place or at places where persons outside the normal circle of a family and that family's closest social acquaintances are or can be present, irrespective of whether they are or can be present at the same place and at the same time, or at different places and/or at different times, and where the performance can be perceived without the need for communication with the meaning of "communication to the public" or "communicate to the public".
Public performance means the use of musical or dramatico-musical compositions with the participation of paid or unpaid performers or the use of phonograms and audiovisual works in places frequented by the public, by means of any process including broadcasting or transmission of another kind, or cinematographic presentation.
Public performance. Defined. The term “public perfor- ▇▇▇▇▇” shall be construed to mean vocal, instrumental and/ or mechanical renditions and representations in any man- ner or by any method whatsoever, including transmissions by radio and television broadcasting stations, transmission by telephony and/or “wired wireless”; and/or reproductions of performances and renditions by means of devices for re- producing sound recorded in synchronism or timed relation with the taking of motion pictures.
Public performance means the fact of reciting, playing, dancing, or otherwise performing a work, either directly, or by means of any device or process—or, in the case of an audiovisual work, showing the images thereof in series or making audible the sounds which accompany it—in one or more places where persons external to a family circle and those immediately around it are or may be present, irrespective of whether these persons are or may be present in the same place and at the same time, or in different places and at different times, where the performance may be perceived, without there necessarily being public communication as defined in paragraph (22) below.
Public performance. Defined. The term “public performance” shall be construed to mean vocal, instrumental and/or mechanical renditions and representations in any manner or by any method whatsoever, including transmissions by radio and television broadcasting stations, transmission by telephony and/or “wired wireless”; and/or reproductions of performances and renditions by means of devices for reproducing sound recorded in synchronism or timed relation with the taking of motion pictures.