**1.** Performers shall enjoy the exclusive right of authorizing the commercial rental to the public of the original and copies of their performances fixed in audiovisual fixations as determined in the national law of Contracting Parties, even after distribution of them by, or pursuant to, authorization by the performer.
**2.** Contracting Parties are exempt from the obligation of paragraph (1) unless the commercial rental has led to widespread copying of such fixations materially impairing the exclusive right of reproduction of performers8)Agreed statement concerning Articles 8 and 9: As used in these Articles, the expression “original and copies,” being subject to the right of distribution and the right of rental under the said Articles, refers exclusively to fixed copies that can be put into circulation as tangible objects..
Artikel 9
Right of Rental
Onderdeel van Verdrag van Beijing inzake audiovisuele uitvoeringen· Intellectuele eigendom