Copyright Act 2021 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4 · Protection of Performances
176. Infringing use — commercial dealing in unauthorised recordings, etc.
Feedback & supportSubject to Part 5 (permitted uses), a person makes an infringing use of a protected performance if —
protected performance
“protected performance” means a performance that is protected under Part 4;
the person does any of the following acts:
deals commercially in a recording of the performance;
recording
“recording”, in relation to a protected performance, has the meaning given by section 38(1);
imports a recording of the performance for the purpose of commercially dealing;
performance
“perform” and “performance”, in relation to an authorial work, have the meanings given by section 67;
the act is done —
when the performance is protected;
in Singapore; and
without the rights owner’s authority; and
the person knows or ought reasonably to know that the recording —
is made without the rights owner’s authority; and
either —
is made on or after 21 November 2021 in circumstances that constitute an infringing use of the performance under section 175; or
was made before 21 November 2021 in circumstances that constitute an unauthorised use of the performance under the 1987 Act.