Copyright Act 2021 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Permitted Uses of Copyright Works and Protected Performances
292. Temporary copies made in course of communication
Feedback & supportIf the conditions in subsection (2) are met, it is a permitted use to make a temporary copy of —
copy
“copy” has the meanings given by the provisions in Subdivision (2) of Division 3 of Part 2;
a work; or
a recording of a protected performance.
The conditions are —
the temporary copy is made incidentally as part of the technical process of making or receiving a communication;
the act of making the communication is not a rights infringement;
the communicated copy —
is made in Singapore and is not an infringing copy of the work or performance; and
is made outside Singapore and would not, had it been made in Singapore, be an infringing copy of the work or performance; and
if the work is an adaptation of a literary, dramatic or musical work, the communicated copy —
is made in Singapore and is not an infringing copy of the adaptation; and
is made outside Singapore and would not, had it been made in Singapore, be an infringing copy of the adaptation.
This section does not permit any subsequent use of the temporary copy.