Singapore legislation
Clause 5
Clause 5
Amendment of section 193A
Section 193A of the Copyright Act is amended —
by deleting the full-stop at the end of the definition of “routing” in subsection (1) and substituting a semi-colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following definition:“ “standard technical measure” means any technical measure accepted in Singapore that —
is used to identify or protect material;
has been developed through an open, voluntary process by a broad consensus of copyright owners and network service providers;
is available to any person on reasonable and non-discriminatory terms; and
does not impose substantial costs on network service providers or substantial burdens on their primary networks.”; and
by inserting, immediately after subsection (2), the following subsection:“(3) Nothing in this Part shall be construed as making the applicability of sections 193B, 193C, 193D and 193DB conditional on —
a network service provider monitoring its service or affirmatively seeking facts indicating infringing activity, except to the extent consistent with any standard technical measure; or
a network service provider gaining access to, removing or disabling access to any electronic copy of any material in any case in which such conduct is prohibited by law.”.