Singapore legislation
Section 15
Section 15
Reproduction of works
(1)
For the purposes of this Act, reproduction, in the case of a literary, dramatic or musical work, includes a reproduction in the form of a sound recording or cinematograph film of the work, and any record embodying such a recording and any copy of such a film shall be deemed to be a reproduction of the work.
(1A)
For the purposes of this Act, reproduction, in relation to any work, includes the making of a copy which is transient or is incidental to some other use of the work.
(1B)
Without limiting the meaning of the term “reproduced”, for the purposes of this Act, a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work, including a reproduction of such work in the form of a sound recording or cinematograph film, is reproduced if it is converted into or from a digital or other electronic machine-readable form, and any article embodying the work or reproduction of the work in such a form is taken to be a reproduction of the work.
(2)
Subsections (1), (1A) and (1B) shall apply in relation to an adaptation of a work in like manner as it applies in relation to a work.
(3)
For the purposes of this Act, an artistic work shall be deemed to have been reproduced —
in the case of a work in a 2-dimensional form — if a version of the work is produced in a 3-dimensional form; or
in the case of a work in a 3-dimensional form — if a version of the work is produced in a 2-dimensional form,and the version of the work so produced shall be deemed to be a reproduction of the work.
(4)
Subsection (3) shall have effect subject to Division 9 of Part III.[Aust. 1968, s. 21]