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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 (ii) to cause it, insofar as it consists of sounds, to be heard in public by a paying audience.
Duration of copyright in broadcasts
128. Subject to section 129, any copyright in a broadcast expires 50 years after the end of the year in which the broadcast is made.
Duration of copyright in repeat broadcasts
129.—(1) This section applies to a broadcast (called in this section a repeat broadcast) that —(a) repeats (whether for the first time or otherwise) an earlier broadcast (called in this section the original broadcast) that is made from a place in Singapore by the holder of a broadcasting licence; and (b) is made by broadcasting visual images or sounds embodied in any article or thing. (2) If a repeat broadcast is made within 50 years after the end of the year in which the original broadcast is made, any copyright in the repeat broadcast expires at the end of those 50 years. (3) If a repeat broadcast is not made within 50 years after the end of the year in which the original broadcast is made, there is no copyright in the repeat broadcast.
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