Singapore legislation

Clause 3

of Statutes (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Bill

Clause 3

Amendment of Copyright Act 2021

In the Copyright Act 2021 —

(a)

in section 61(1)(c), replace “in way” with “in a way”;

(b)

in section 313, replace the definition of “network services provider” or “NSP” with —“ “network service provider” or “NSP” means a person who provides, or operates facilities for, online services or network access; and —

(a)

includes a network connection provider; but(b)does not include any prescribed person or class of persons;”;

(c)

in section 450(2), replace paragraph (a) with —“(a)the person does an act that causes a protected performance to be seen or heard live in public (or both);”; and

(d)

in section 450, after subsection (2), insert —“(3) A person commits an offence if —

(a)

the person does an act that causes a recording of a protected performance to be heard in public;

(b)

the act is done for the person’s private profit; and

(c)

the person knows or ought reasonably to know that the recording is an infringing copy of the protected performance.”.