Singapore legislation

Clause 9

of Copyright (Amendment) Bill

Clause 9

Amendment of section 35

Section 35 of the Copyright Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsections:“(1) Subject to this section, a fair dealing with a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work, or with an adaptation of a literary, dramatic or musical work, for any purpose other than a purpose referred to in section 36 or 37 shall not constitute an infringement of the copyright in the work.(1A) The purposes for which a dealing with a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work, or with an adaptation of a literary, dramatic or musical work, may constitute a fair dealing under subsection (1) shall include research and study.”;

(b)

by deleting the words “for the purpose of research or private study” in subsection (2) and substituting the words “for any purpose other than a purpose referred to in section 36 or 37”;

(c)

by deleting the word “and” at the end of subsection (2)(c);

(d)

by deleting the full-stop at the end of paragraph (d) of subsection (2) and substituting the word “; and”, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph:“(e)the possibility of obtaining the work or adaptation within a reasonable time at an ordinary commercial price.”;

(e)

by deleting the words “private study” wherever they appear in subsection (3) and substituting in each case the word “study”; and

(f)

by deleting the words “for purpose of research or study” in the section heading and substituting the words “in relation to works”.