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NO. 22 OF 2021
Duration of copyright in published editions of authorial works
119. Any copyright in a published edition of an authorial work expires 25 years after the end of the year in which the edition is first published.
Division 4—Sound recordings
Conditions for copyright to subsist in sound recordings
120. Subject to the provisions of this Act, copyright subsists in a sound recording if—
- (a) the maker of the recording is a qualified person when the recording is made; or
- (b) the recording is made or first published—
- (i) in Singapore;
- (ii) by or under the direction or control of the Government; or
- (iii) on or after 10 April 1987 by or under the direction or control of a prescribed international organisation.
Nature of copyright in sound recordings
121. For the purposes of this Act, unless the contrary intention appears, copyright in a sound recording is—
- (a) the exclusive right to do all or any of the following acts:
- (i) to make a copy of the recording;
- (ii) to enter into a commercial rental arrangement in respect of the recording;
- (iii) to publish the recording if it is unpublished;
- (iv) to communicate the recording to the public; and
- (b) if the recording has been published for commercial purposes and a person (X) causes the sounds embodied in the recording to be heard in public, the right to be paid equitable remuneration of an amount—
- (i) agreed between the copyright owner and X; or
