Singapore legislation
Section 252
Section 252
What constitutes unauthorised use
(1)
A person makes an unauthorised use of a performance if the person, at any time during the protection period of the performance and without the authority of the performer —
makes a direct or an indirect recording of the performance in any manner or medium;
communicates the live performance to the public;
makes a copy of a recording of the performance that the person knows, or ought reasonably to know, is an unauthorised recording;
makes a copy of an exempt recording of the performance, being a copy that the person knows, or ought reasonably to know, is not itself an exempt recording;
causes the performance to be seen and heard, or seen or heard, live in public;
publishes the recording of the performance if it is unpublished; or
makes available a recording of the performance to the public (on a network or otherwise) in such a way that the recording may be accessed by any person from a place and at a time chosen by him.
(1A)
A person makes an unauthorised use of a performance if the person, at any time on or after 15th December 1999 and during the protection period of the performance, and without the authority of the performer —
sells, lets for hire, or by way of trade exhibits in public or offers or exposes for sale or hire a recording of the performance that the person knows, or ought reasonably to know, is an unauthorised recording;
distributes a recording of the performance for the purposes of trade, being a recording that the person knows, or ought reasonably to know, is an unauthorised recording; or
imports a recording of the performance into Singapore for the purpose of —
selling it, letting it for hire, or by way of trade exhibiting it in public or offering or exposing it for sale or hire; or
distributing it for the purposes of trade,being a recording that the person knows, or ought reasonably to know, is an unauthorised recording.
(1B)
A reference in this section to the making of a copy of a recording of a performance includes a reference to the making of a copy which is transient or is incidental to some other use of the recording.
(2)
This section shall apply only to acts done in Singapore. [Aust. 1968, s. 248G]