Singapore legislation

Section 197

of Copyright Act 2021

Section 197

Copying or communicating very small portions of literary or dramatic work for course of education provided by educational institutions

(1)

If the conditions in subsection (2) are met, it is a permitted use of a literary or dramatic work for a person (X) to —

(a)

make a copy of a part (but not the whole) of the work in an edition of the work; or

(b)

communicate a part (but not the whole) of the work in an edition of the work.

(2)

The conditions are —

(a)

the copy or communication is made for the purposes of a course of education provided by an educational institution;

(b)

either —

(i)

the copy or communication is made on or from the institution’s premises; or

(ii)

the copy (being an electronic copy) or communication is made on a network operated or controlled by the institution;

(c)

the part of the work that is copied or communicated does not exceed —

(i)

if the edition has 500 pages or less — 5 pages;

(ii)

if the edition has more than 500 pages — 5% of the total number of pages in the edition;

(iii)

if the edition is an electronic edition and is not divided into pages —

(A)

5% of the total number of bytes in the edition; and

(B)

5% of the total number of words in the edition or, where it is not practicable to use the total number of words as a measure, 5% of the contents of the edition; and

(d)

in the 14 days before the day on which the work is copied or communicated, X does not (whether on X’s own behalf or on behalf of another person) —

(i)

copy or communicate any part of the work; or

(ii)

cause any part of the work to be copied or communicated.

(3)

In this section, a reference to a literary or dramatic work includes a reference to an explanatory or illustrative artistic work accompanying the literary or dramatic work.