Copyright Act 2021 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Copyright in Works
110. Conditions for copyright to subsist in published authorial works
Feedback & supportSubject to the provisions of this Act, where an authorial work is published and copyright subsists in the work immediately before its first publication by virtue of section 109 —
copyright continues to subsist in the work if and only if —
the author of the work —
is a qualified individual when the work is first published; or
dies before the work is first published but is a qualified individual immediately before his or her death; or
the work is first published —
in Singapore;
by or under the direction or control of the Government; or
on or after 10 April 1987 by or under the direction or control of a prescribed international organisation; and
the copyright expires if paragraph (a) does not apply.
Subject to the provisions of this Act, where an authorial work is published and there is no copyright in the work immediately before its first publication, copyright subsists in the work if and only if —
the work is original; and
one of the following applies:
the author of the work —
is a qualified individual when the work is first published; or
dies before the work is first published but is a qualified individual immediately before his or her death;
the work is first published —
in Singapore;
by or under the direction or control of the Government; or
on or after 10 April 1987 by or under the direction or control of a prescribed international organisation.
In this section, “author”, in relation to a work of joint authorship, means any of the joint authors.