Audiovisual performance

Audiovisual performances are performances by performers such as singers, musicians, dancers and actors in Audiovisual Media such as a DVD, a music video or any other audiovisual platform.^[1][2] The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has prepared a number of analyses and surveys mapping the protection of audiovisual performances in many different countries.^[3] Until 2012 audiovisual performances were denied any meaningful protection at international level.^[4][5] The WIPO multilateral treaty acknowledging for the first time the intellectual property rights of performers with regard to their audiovisual performances called the Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances.^[6][7]