Singapore legislation

Section 450

of Copyright Act 2021

Section 450

Causing certain works or performances to be performed, seen or heard in public for private profit

(1)

A person commits an offence if —

(a)

the person does any of the following acts:

(i)

causes a literary, dramatic or musical work to be performed in public;

(ii)

causes the visual images of a film to be seen in public or any sounds of the film to be heard in public (or both);

(b)

the act is done —

(i)

other than by the reception of a television broadcast or cable programme;

(ii)

for the person’s private profit; and

(iii)

at any time when copyright subsists in the work; and

(c)

the person knows or ought reasonably to know that the act infringes the copyright in the work.

(2)

A person commits an offence if —

(a)

the person does any of the following acts:

(i)

causes a protected performance to be seen or heard live in public (or both); (ii)causes a recording of a protected performance to be heard in public; (b)the act is done for the person’s private profit; and

(c)

the person knows or ought reasonably to know that the act is an infringing use of the performance.