Singapore legislation

Section 146

Infringement by doing act comprised in copyright

Subject to the provisions of this Act, copyright is infringed if —

(a)

a person does in Singapore, or authorises the doing in Singapore of, any act comprised in the copyright; and

(b)

the person neither owns the copyright nor has the licence of the copyright owner.

For the purposes of subsection (1) —

(a)

in the case of a sound recording — it does not matter whether an act is done by directly or indirectly making use of a copy of the recording; and

(b)

in the case of a broadcast or a cable programme — it does not matter whether an act is done —

(i)

by the reception of the broadcast or programme; or

(ii)

by making use of any article or thing in which the visual images and sounds comprised in the broadcast or programme are embodied.