Singapore legislation

Section 254B

Application of sections 140A to 141

Amended by52/200452/2004

(1)

Sections 140A to 141 shall apply, with the necessary modifications, to copies of an unauthorised recording of a performance as those provisions apply in relation to copies of copyright material.

Amended by52/2004

(2)

For the purposes of subsection (1) —

(a)

a reference in those provisions to copyright material shall be read as a reference to an unauthorised recording of a performance the protection period of which has not expired;

(b)

a reference in those provisions to the owner of the copyright or the owner of the copyright in the copyright material shall be read as a reference to the performer of a performance embodied in an unauthorised recording;

(c)

a reference in those provisions to an action for infringement of copyright shall be read as a reference to an action for unauthorised use of a performance;

(d)

a reference in those provisions to infringing copies shall be read as a reference to copies of an unauthorised recording which were made without the authorisation of the performer; and

(e)

a reference in section 140B(6) to the subsequent owner of the copyright shall be read as a reference to a person to whom the right of a performer to bring an action under section 253 has been assigned.

Amended by52/2004