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Copyright Act 2021 s 146

s 146 Infringement by doing act comprised in copyright

146.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, copyright is infringed if —(a) a person does in Singapore, or authorises the doing in Singapore of, any act comprised in the copyright; and (b) the person neither owns the copyright nor has the licence of the copyright owner. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1) —(a) in the case of a sound recording — it does not matter whether an act is done by directly or indirectly making use of a copy of the recording; and (b) in the case of a broadcast or a cable programme — it does not matter whether an act is done —(i) by the reception of the broadcast or programme; or (ii) by making use of any article or thing in which the visual images and sounds comprised in the broadcast or programme are embodied.

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