Singapore legislation

Section 256

Copying sound recordings, recordings of performances, or films for simulcasting

If the conditions in subsection (2) are met, it is a permitted use to make a copy of any of the following material:

(a)

a sound recording;

(b)

a film;

(c)

a recording of a protected performance.

The conditions are —

(a)

broadcasting the material would not be a rights infringement in relation to the material;

(b)

the copy is made for the sole purpose of simulcasting the material in digital form;

(c)

the copy is used only —

(i)

for the purpose of simulcasting the material in circumstances that do not constitute a rights infringement in relation to the material; or

(ii)

to make further copies for that purpose; and

(d)

every copy of the material made under this section is destroyed within the prescribed time.