239. Existing computer programs
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The Copyright Act 1911 shall apply to a computer program made before 10th April 1987 as it applies in relation to a literary work and shall so apply whether or not copyright would subsist in that program apart from this Act.
Copyright Act 1911
“Copyright Act 1911” means the Copyright Act 19111 of the United Kingdom (U.K. 1911 c. 46) insofar as it has effect as part of the law of Singapore;1 Repealed by section 203 of the Copyright Act 1987, which is omitted in this Edition.
Where, by virtue of subsection (1), copyright subsists under the Copyright Act 1911 in a computer program that was made before 10th April 1987, nothing done in relation to the computer program before that date shall be taken to constitute an offence under the repealed Copyright Act6 (Cap. 187, 1970 Ed.) or an infringement of that copyright.6 Repealed by section 203, which is omitted in this Edition.
computer program
“computer program” means an expression, in any language, code or notation, of a set of instructions (whether with or without related information) intended, either directly or after either or both of the following: (a)conversion to another language, code or notation;(b)reproduction in a different material form,to cause a device having information processing capabilities to perform a particular function;
For the purposes of this section, a computer program the making of which extends over a period shall be deemed not to have been made before 10th April 1987 unless the making of it was completed before that date.