Singapore legislation

Section 251

of Copyright Act 2021

Section 251

Making sound recordings or films of literary, dramatic and musical works for broadcasting

(1)

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

(2)

The conditions are —

(a)

the copy is a sound recording or film of the work;

(b)

the copy is made for the sole purpose of broadcasting the work;

(c)

X would not infringe the copyright in the work by broadcasting the work;

(d)

the copy is used only —

(i)

for the purpose of broadcasting the work in circumstances that do not constitute an infringement of the copyright in the work; or

(ii)

to make more copies for that purpose;

(e)

if X is not the person broadcasting the work —

(i)

X pays the copyright owner an amount agreed between them for the making of the copy; or

(ii)

X undertakes in writing to pay the copyright owner the amount that a Copyright Tribunal decides is equitable remuneration for the making of the copy; and

(f)

within the prescribed time, every copy made under this section is —

(i)

delivered to the National Archives with the consent of the Director of National Archives; or

(ii)

destroyed.