Singapore legislation

Clause 57

of Copyright (Amendment) Bill

Clause 57

Repeal and re-enactment of section 258

Section 258 of the Copyright Act is repealed and the following section substituted therefor:“Interpretation of this Part

258. In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires —“performance”, “recording” and “unauthorised use” have the same meanings as in Part XII;“rights management information”, in relation to a copy of a work or other subject-matter or a recording of a performance, means any of the following: (a)information which identifies the work, subject-matter or performance;

(b)

information which identifies the author of the work, the owner of copyright in a work or subject-matter or the performer of a performance;

(c)

information about the terms and conditions of use of the copy of the work or subject-matter or the recording of the performance;

(d)

any numbers or codes that represent the information referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c),but excludes any information relating to a user of the copy of the work or subject-matter or the recording of the performance, such as the name, account, address or other contact information of, or pertaining to, the user.”.