Singapore legislation

Clause 112

Nature of copyright in literary, dramatic and musical works

(1)

For the purposes of this Act, unless the contrary intention appears, copyright in a literary, dramatic or musical work is the exclusive right to do all or any of the following acts:

(a)

to make a copy of the work;

(b)

to publish the work if the work is unpublished;

(c)

to perform the work in public;

(d)

to communicate the work to the public;

(e)

to make an adaptation of the work;

(f)

to do, in relation to an adaptation of the work, any of the acts specified in paragraphs (a) to (e);

(g)

in the case of a computer program — to enter into a commercial rental arrangement the essential object of which is the rental of the program.

(2)

If a computer program is embodied in a machine or device and cannot be copied through the ordinary use of the machine or a device, subsection (1)(g) does not extend to entering into a commercial rental arrangement in respect of the machine or device.

(3)

In subsection (2), “device” does not include —

(a)

a floppy disc;

(b)

a CD‑ROM;

(c)

an integrated circuit; or

(d)

any other device that is ordinarily used to store computer programs.