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When is a library run for profit

95. A library is not taken to be for-profit just because it is owned by a person carrying on business for profit.

Division 5—Rights and rights infringements
Subdivision (1)—Common provisions

Who is a rights owner

96. A “rights owner” is—

(a) in relation to a copyright work—the owner of the copyright; and
(b) in relation to a protected performance—the person who is entitled to bring an action for an infringing use of the performance.

What is a rights infringement

97. A “rights infringement” is—

(a) an infringement of copyright; or
(b) an infringing use of a protected performance.

What is an infringing copy of a copyright work or protected performance

98.—(1) An “infringing copy”—

(a) in relation to a copyright work, is a copy of the work that is—
(i) made in Singapore on or after the appointed day in circumstances that constitute an infringement of copyright in the work under this Act;
(ii) made in Singapore before the appointed day in circumstances that constitute an infringement of copyright in the work under the 1911 Act or the 1987 Act, as the case may be; or
(iii) made outside Singapore without the consent of the copyright owner and imported without the licence of