Singapore legislation

Section 112

of Copyright Act 2021

Section 112

Nature of copyright in literary, dramatic and musical works

(1)

For the purposes of this Act, unless the contrary intention appears, copyright in a literary, dramatic or musical work is the exclusive right to do all or any of the following acts:

(a)

to make a copy of the work;

(b)

to publish the work if the work is unpublished;

(c)

to perform the work in public;

(d)

to communicate the work to the public;

(e)

to make an adaptation of the work;

(f)

to do, in relation to an adaptation of the work, any of the acts specified in paragraphs (a) to (e);

(g)

in the case of a computer program — to enter into a commercial rental arrangement the essential object of which is the rental of the program.

(2)

If a computer program is embodied in a machine or device and cannot be copied through the ordinary use of the machine or a device, subsection (1)(g) does not extend to entering into a commercial rental arrangement in respect of the machine or device.

(3)

In subsection (2), “device” does not include —

(a)

a floppy disc;

(b)

a CD‑ROM;

(c)

an integrated circuit; or

(d)

any other device that is ordinarily used to store computer programs.