Singapore legislation

Section 68

of Copyright Act 2021

Section 68

Performance by operating receiving apparatus

(1)

This section applies where —

(a)

any device or equipment is operated to communicate, directly or indirectly, visual images or sounds to a receiving apparatus; and

(b)

those images are displayed, or those sounds are emitted, by the receiving apparatus.

(2)

The operation of the device or equipment is not a performance.

(3)

Insofar as the display of those images or the emission of those sounds is a performance of an authorial work, the performance is deemed to be given —

(a)

by the operation of the receiving apparatus; and

(b)

by the occupier of the premises where the receiving apparatus is situated —

(i)

whether or not the occupier operated the receiving apparatus; but(ii)only if the receiving apparatus is provided by or with the consent of the occupier.