- (b) a reference to the death of the author is a reference to the death of the last surviving identified author.
Illustration
An authorial work is jointly made in 2021 by A1 and A2. A1 is identified, A2 is not. A1 dies in 2050. The work is not made available to the public at any time before the end of 2071. By virtue of section 114(3)(a) read with section 116(4), any copyright in the work expires in 2120.
Division 3—Published editions of authorial works
Conditions for copyright to subsist in published editions of authorial works
117.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, copyright subsists in a published edition of an authorial work if—
- (a) the person who first published the edition is a qualified person at the date when the edition is first published; or
- (b) the edition is first published—
- (i) in Singapore;
- (ii) by or under the direction or control of the Government; or
- (iii) by or under the direction or control of a prescribed international organisation.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to an edition of an authorial work that—
- (a) reproduces a previous edition of the same work; or
- (b) was first published before 10 April 1987.
Nature of copyright in published editions of authorial works
118. For the purposes of this Act, unless the contrary intention appears, copyright in a published edition of an authorial work is the exclusive right to make a copy of that edition.
