Singapore legislation
Clause 4
Clause 4
New section 115C
The Copyright Act is amended by inserting, immediately after section 115B, the following section:“Copying, etc., under statutory licence by institutions for reading disabilities115C.—
Subject to the modifications in subsection (2), section 54 shall apply in relation to each of the following subject‑matter as it applies in relation to a relevant work that has been published within the meaning of that section:
a sound recording that has been published, other than one that comprises only of the performance of a musical work, or of a musical work in which words are sung, or are spoken incidentally to or in association with the music;
a sound broadcast, other than one that comprises only of the performance of a musical work, or of a musical work in which words are sung, or are spoken incidentally to or in association with the music.(2) The modifications referred to in subsection (1) are as follows:
a reference to an accessible format copy of a work shall be read as a reference to an accessible format copy of the subject‑matter in question;
a reference to the making available to any person of an accessible format copy in an electronic form of a work shall, in the case of an accessible format copy of the sound recording referred to in subsection (1)(a), be read as a reference to the making available to that person by means of or as part of a digital audio transmission; and
such other modifications as may be prescribed by regulations.”.