Singapore legislation

Section 372

of Copyright Act 2021

Section 372

Right to be identified — when should an author be identified

(1)

A person must identify the author of a dramatic or literary work (other than a literary work mentioned in subsection (2)) whenever the person —

(a)

publishes the work;

(b)

performs the work in public;

(c)

communicates the work to the public;

(d)

causes to be seen in public a film that includes the work;

(e)

supplies to the public copies of a film that includes the work;

(f)

supplies to the public copies of a sound recording that includes the work; or

(g)

does any of the acts mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (f) in relation to an adaptation of the work.

(2)

A person must identify the author of a musical work, or a literary work consisting of words intended to be sung or spoken with music, whenever the person —

(a)

publishes the work;

(b)

causes to be seen in public a film, the soundtrack of which includes the work; (c)supplies to the public copies of a sound recording that includes the work;

(d)

supplies to the public copies of a film, the soundtrack of which includes the work; or

(e)

does any of the acts mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (d) in relation to an adaptation of the work.

(3)

A person must identify the author of an artistic work whenever the person —

(a)

publishes the work;

(b)

exhibits the work in public;

(c)

communicates a visual image of the work to the public;

(d)

causes to be seen in public a film that includes a visual image of the work;

(e)

supplies to the public copies of a film that includes a visual image of the work; or

(f)

in the case of the following works, supplies to the public copies of a photograph or graphic representation of the work:

(i)

a work of architecture in the form of a building or a model of a building;

(ii)

a sculpture;

(iii)

a work of artistic craftsmanship.

(4)

In addition to subsection (3), the author of an artistic work in the form of a building must be identified on the first building that embodies the work.