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(3) For the purposes of this section—
- (a) subject to paragraph (b), a film is made available to the public in the following circumstances (but without limiting the expression “made available to the public”):
- (i) the film is communicated to the public;
- (ii) the visual images of the film are seen in public;
- (iii) any sounds of the film are heard in public;
- (iv) the film is published; and
- (b) an unauthorised act (as defined by section 58(5)) must be ignored in deciding whether a film is made available to the public.
Division 6—Broadcasts
Conditions for copyright to subsist in broadcasts
126.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, copyright subsists in a broadcast if the broadcast is made from a place in Singapore by the holder of a broadcasting licence.
(2) This section does not apply to—
- (a) a broadcast made before 10 April 1987; and
- (b) a broadcast made after that date that is a repetition of a broadcast made before that date.
Nature of copyright in broadcasts
127. For the purposes of this Act, unless the contrary intention appears, copyright in a broadcast is the exclusive right to do all or any of the following acts:
- (a) to make a copy of the broadcast;
- (b) to communicate the broadcast to the public (whether by rebroadcasting it or otherwise);
- (c) in the case of a television broadcast—
- (i) to cause it, insofar as it consists of visual images, to be seen in public by a paying audience; or
