Singapore legislation

Section 529

of Copyright Act 2021

Section 529

Copies of sound recordings bought before 16 April 1998

Section 121(a)(ii) (nature of copyright in sound recordings) does not extend to entering into a commercial rental arrangement in respect of a sound recording if —

(a)

the copy of the recording was bought by a person (X) before 16 April 1998;

(b)

the copy is not an infringing copy;

(c)

the commercial rental arrangement is made in the ordinary course of a business conducted by X; and

(d)

when X bought the copy, X was conducting the same business or another business that involved making commercial rental arrangements in respect of copies of sound recordings.