Singapore legislation
Regulation 14
of Copyright (Collective Management Organisations) Regulations 2023
Regulation 14
Members may vary or terminate grants of rights to CMO
Subregulation 1
The membership policy —
must provide that a member has the right to vary or terminate the rights granted to the CMO in respect of the member’s portfolio, including by varying an exclusive membership agreement to become a non‑exclusive membership agreement;
must require a member to give notice (which must not be less than 3 months or more than 9 months) before exercising the right; and
must not provide for any other restriction on the right except as permitted by this regulation.
Subregulation 2
The membership policy must provide that, if the CMO has validly given permission to use a work or performance in a member’s portfolio —
the permission remains valid and binding on the member even if the member subsequently varies or terminates the rights granted to the CMO in respect of the work or performance; but(b)the member will cease to be bound by the permission when any of the following events happen:
18 months have passed after the variation or termination took effect;
the permission (being limited in duration) expires;
the permission is superseded by fresh permission given by the member to the user after the variation or termination took effect.
Subregulation 3
The membership policy must provide that, when a member gives notice to vary or terminate the rights granted to the CMO in relation to a work or performance in the member’s portfolio, the member must give to the CMO, in the notice of variation or termination, the member’s contact information for the purposes of this paragraph.
Subregulation 4
The CMO must, within 14 days after the date on which it received the member’s notice of termination or variation, send a written notice to every user who on that date had valid permission from the CMO to use the work or performance.
Subregulation 5
The CMO’s notice must state —
the nature of the variation or termination;
the date on which the variation or termination will take effect;
the title or a description of the work or performance;
the duration of the permission previously given by the CMO; and
the contact information of the member given under paragraph (3).