Singapore legislation

Section 38

of Singapore Broadcasting Corporation Act

Section 38

When copyright in musical work not infringed by Corporation

(1)

Notwithstanding anything in any other written law —

(a)

the copyright in a musical work or in any sound recording is not infringed by the Corporation when it causes the musical work or sound recording to be heard in public by means of a radio or television broadcast; and

(b)

the copyright in a musical work is not infringed by the Corporation when it makes a sound recording of that musical work solely for the purpose of broadcasting that musical work by means of a radio or television broadcast.

(2)

Where a radio or television broadcast is made by the Corporation and a person, by the reception of that broadcast, causes a musical work or sound recording to be heard in public, he does not thereby infringe the copyright in that musical work or sound recording.