Singapore legislation

Section 399

of Copyright Act 2021

Section 399

Right not to have altered recording represented as unaltered

(1)

The performer of a performance has the moral right not to have an altered recording of the performance represented as being unaltered.

(2)

A person infringes the right in subsection (1) if —

(a)

the person —

(i)

publishes an altered recording of the performance as being unaltered;

(ii)

deals commercially in an altered recording of the performance as being unaltered; or

(iii)

distributes an altered recording of the performance as being unaltered; and

(b)

the person knows that —

(i)

the recording is an altered recording; and

(ii)

the alteration is not made by the performer.

(3)

In the case of a performance given by 2 or more performers, an infringement of the right in subsection (1) is an infringement of each performer’s right.