Singapore legislation
Clause 10
Clause 10
New section 38A
The Copyright Act is amended by inserting, immediately after section 38, the following section:“Temporary reproduction made in the course of communication38A.—
(1)
Subject to subsection (2), the copyright in a work, or an adaptation of a work, is not infringed by the making of a temporary, incidental or transient reproduction of the work or adaptation as part of the technical process of making or receiving a communication.(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply to the making of a temporary, incidental or transient reproduction of a work, or an adaptation of a work, as part of the technical process of making a communication if the making of the communication itself constitutes an infringement of copyright.”.