88. Cinematograph films in which copyright subsists
Feedback & supportSubject to the provisions of this Act, copyright shall subsist in a cinematograph film of which the maker was a qualified person for the whole or a substantial part of the period during which the film was made.
cinematograph film
“cinematograph film” means the aggregate of visual images embodied in an article or thing so as to be capable by the use of that article or thing —(a)of being shown as a moving picture; or(b)of being embodied in another article or thing by the use of which it can be so shown,and includes the aggregate of the sounds embodied in a sound-track associated with such visual images;
Without prejudice to subsection (1), copyright shall subsist, subject to the provisions of this Act, in a cinematograph film if the film was made in Singapore.
Without prejudice to subsections (1) and (2), copyright shall subsist, subject to the provisions of this Act, in a published cinematograph film if the first publication of the film took place in Singapore.[Aust. 1968, s. 90]