19. Equitable remuneration for use of sound recordings

where a sound recording published for commercial purposes, or a reproduction of such sound recording, is used directly for broadcasting or other form of communication to the public, or is publicly performed, a single equitable remuneration for the performer or performers and the producer of the sound recording shall be paid by the user.

Unless otherwise agreed between the performer or the producer, half of the sum received by the producer under subsection (1) shall be paid by the producer to any performer.

The right to an equitable remuneration under this section shall subsist from the date of publication of the sound recording until the end of the fiftieth calendar year following the year of publication, or if the sound recording has not been published, from the date of fixation of the sound recording until the end of the fiftieth calendar year following the year of fixation.