Singapore legislation
Section 16
Section 16
When is a literary, dramatic or musical work made
(1)
A literary, dramatic or musical work is made at the time when, or over the period during which, the work is first fixed in a material form, including —
(a)
in writing; or
(b)
by storage —
(i)
in a computer;
(ii)
on any medium by electronic means; or
(iii)
on any other medium from which the work, or a substantial part thereof, can be directly reproduced.
(2)
A literary, dramatic or musical work in the form of sounds embodied in an article or a thing is considered —
(a)
to have been fixed in a material form; and
(b)
to have been so fixed when those sounds were embodied in that article or thing.