Singapore legislation

Regulation 18

of Copyright Regulations 2021

Regulation 18

Duration of copyright in published authorial works under this Part

Subregulation 1

This regulation applies where copyright subsists in a published authorial work only because of the operation of this Part.

Subregulation 2

Despite any provision of the Act, copyright in the published authorial work expires upon the expiry of the equivalent protection of the work under the law of the country of origin of the work.

Subregulation 3

For the purposes of paragraph (2), the country of origin of a published authorial work is —

(a)

if the work was first published in only one country (being a reciprocating country) — that country;

(b)

if the work was first published simultaneously in 2 countries, of which only one is a reciprocating country — the reciprocating country;

(c)

if the work was first published simultaneously in 2 or more reciprocating countries — the reciprocating country whose law provides the shortest term of equivalent protection for the work; and

(d)

if the work was first published only in a non‑reciprocating country — whichever of the following countries that provides the longest term of equivalent protection for the work:

(i)

the country of which the author was a citizen or national when the work was first published;

(ii)

the country in which the author was resident when the work was first published.