Singapore legislation
Regulation 4
of Copyright (Collective Management Organisations) Regulations 2023
Regulation 4
Excluded persons
Subregulation 1
This regulation prescribes excluded persons for the purposes of section 459(1)(f).
Subregulation 2
An entity is an excluded person if —
the entity provides a subscription service that primarily provides a subscriber with access to digital content on demand; and
but for providing that service, the entity would not be a collective management organisation under section 459(1)(a) to (e).
Subregulation 3
An entity is an excluded person if —
the entity is part of a group;
the entity manages a set of works or performances exclusively for the entities in that group;
every rights owner for that set of works or performances is an entity in that group; and
but for managing that set of works or performances, the entity would not be a collective management organisation under section 459(1)(a) to (e).
Subregulation 4
For the purposes of paragraph (3) —
2 or more entities are part of a group if all of them are substantially linked to one another;
X and Y are substantially linked if X controls 75% or more of the voting power in Y; and
if X is (including by one or more applications of this paragraph) substantially linked to Y and Y is substantially linked to Z, then X is also substantially linked to Z.