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Conditions for copyright to subsist in cable programmes
130.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, copyright subsists in a cable programme if the programme is included in a cable programme service that is provided by a qualified person in Singapore. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a cable programme that is included in a cable programme service —(a) by the reception and immediate re‑transmission of a broadcast; or (b) before 10 April 1987.
Nature of copyright in cable programmes
131.—(1) For the purposes of this Act, unless the contrary intention appears, copyright in a cable programme is the exclusive right to do all or any of the following acts:(a) to make a copy of the programme; (b) to communicate the programme to the public; (c) to cause the programme —(i) insofar as it consists of visual images — to be seen in public by a paying audience; or (ii) insofar as it consists of sounds — to be heard in public by a paying audience. (2) An act in subsection (1) may be done by —(a) the reception of a cable programme; or (b) using any record, print, negative, tape or other article on which a cable programme has been recorded. (3) To the extent that a cable programme consists of visual images —(a) any copyright in the programme extends to any sequence of those images that is sufficient to be seen as a moving picture; and (b) to show an infringement of any copyright in the programme, it is not necessary to prove that the act in question extends beyond any sequence that is so sufficient.
Duration of copyright in cable programmes
132. Any copyright in a cable programme expires 50 years after the end of the year in which the cable programme is first included in the cable programme service.
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