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Copyright Act 2021 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Copyright in Works
117. Conditions for copyright to subsist in published editions of authorial works
Feedback & support(1)
Subject to the provisions of this Act, copyright subsists in a published edition of an authorial work if —
(a)
the person who first published the edition is a qualified person at the date when the edition is first published; or
(b)
the edition is first published —
(i)
in Singapore;
(ii)
by or under the direction or control of the Government; or
(iii)
by or under the direction or control of a prescribed international organisation.
(2)
Subsection (1) does not apply to an edition of an authorial work that —
(a)
reproduces a previous edition of the same work; or
(b)
was first published before 10 April 1987.