Singapore legislation
Section 28
Section 28
Duration of copyright in original works
(1)
This section shall have effect subject to sections 27(2) and 29.
(2)
Subject to this section, where, by virtue of this Part, copyright subsists in a literary, dramatic or musical work, or in an artistic work other than a photograph, that copyright shall continue to subsist until the expiration of 70 years after the expiration of the calendar year in which the author of the work died.
(3)
If, before the death of the author of a literary, dramatic or musical work —
the work had not been published;
the work had not been performed in public;
the work had not been broadcast;
the work had not been included in a cable programme; and
records of the work had not been offered or exposed for sale to the public,the copyright in the work shall continue to subsist until the expiration of 70 years after the expiration of the calendar year in which the work is first published, performed in public, or broadcast, or included in a cable programme, or records of the work are first offered or exposed for sale to the public, whichever is the earliest of those events to happen.
(4)
A reference in subsection (3) to the doing of an act in relation to a work shall be read as including a reference to the doing of that act in relation to an adaptation of the work.
(5)
If, before the death of the author of an engraving, the engraving had not been published, the copyright in the engraving shall continue to subsist until the expiration of 70 years after the expiration of the calendar year in which the engraving is first published.
(6)
Copyright subsisting in a photograph by virtue of this Part shall continue to subsist until the expiration of 70 years after the expiration of the calendar year in which the photograph is first published. [Aust. 1968, s. 33]