Singapore legislation

Clause 10

of Copyright (Amendment) Bill

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.”.