Singapore legislation
Clause 6
Clause 6
Amendment of Copyright Act
The Copyright Act (Cap. 63, 2006 Ed.) is amended —
by repealing section 107B and substituting the following section:“Non-subscription digital audio transmissions107B. Without prejudice to the generality of section 82(3), it is not an infringement of a copyright in a sound recording to make available to the public the sound recording by means of or as part of a digital audio transmission where the transmission —
is a sound broadcast;
is not part of an interactive service; and
is not a subscription transmission.”;
by deleting paragraph (c) of section 261D(1) and substituting the following paragraph:“(c)the act is done in relation to a work or other subject-matter or performance that is prescribed by the Minister under subsection (2) —
by a person prescribed under subsection (2A) or (if none is prescribed) by any person; and
for a purpose prescribed under subsection (2A) or (if none is prescribed) for any purpose;”;
by inserting, immediately before the words “adversely impaired” in section 261D(2), the words “or is likely to be”; and
by inserting, immediately after subsection (2) of section 261D, the following subsection:“(2A) The order referred to in subsection (2) may specify —
the person or class of persons who may carry out the act of circumvention of a technological measure in relation to the work, subject-matter or performance or the class of works, subject-matters or performances; and
the purpose of carrying out the act.”.