Reception of broadcasts or cable programmes
257.—(1) It is a permitted use of a literary, dramatic or musical work for a person to—
- (a) receive a broadcast or a cable programme; and
- (b) thereby cause the work to be seen or heard (or both) in public.
(2) It is a permitted use of a sound recording or a recording of a protected performance for a person to—
- (a) receive a broadcast or a cable programme; and
- (b) thereby cause the recording to be heard in public.
Deemed copyright licences when receiving or transmitting broadcasts or cable programmes
258.—(1) A person is deemed to have the licence of the copyright owner of a film to—
- (a) cause the visual images of the film to be seen in public or any sounds of the film to be heard in public (or both) by receiving a television broadcast or cable programme; and
- (b) cause the film to be included in a programme in a cable programme service by receiving and immediately re-transmitting a Singapore broadcast.
(2) A person is deemed to have the licence of the copyright owner of a sound recording to—
- (a) cause the recording to be heard in public by receiving a broadcast or cable programme; and
- (b) cause the recording to be included in a programme in a cable programme service by receiving and immediately re-transmitting a Singapore broadcast.
(3) A person is deemed to have the licence of the copyright owner of an authorial work (or of an adaptation of the work) to cause the work (or the adaptation) to be included in a programme in a cable programme service by receiving and immediately re-transmitting a Singapore broadcast.
