Singapore legislation

Section 131

of Copyright Act 2021

Section 131

Nature of copyright in cable programmes

(1)

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

(a)

to make a copy of the programme;

(b)

to communicate the programme to the public;

(c)

to cause the programme —

(i)

insofar as it consists of visual images — to be seen in public by a paying audience; or

(ii)

insofar as it consists of sounds — to be heard in public by a paying audience.

(2)

An act in subsection (1) may be done by —

(a)

the reception of a cable programme; or

(b)

using any record, print, negative, tape or other article on which a cable programme has been recorded.

(3)

To the extent that a cable programme consists of visual images —

(a)

any copyright in the programme extends to any sequence of those images that is sufficient to be seen as a moving picture; and

(b)

to show an infringement of any copyright in the programme, it is not necessary to prove that the act in question extends beyond any sequence that is so sufficient.