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Copyright Act 2021 s 176

s 176 Infringing use — commercial dealing in unauthorised recordings, etc.

176. Subject to Part 5 (permitted uses), a person makes an infringing use of a protected performance if —(a) the person does any of the following acts:(i) deals commercially in a recording of the performance; (ii) imports a recording of the performance for the purpose of commercially dealing; (b) the act is done —(i) when the performance is protected; (ii) in Singapore; and (iii) without the rights owner’s authority; and (c) the person knows or ought reasonably to know that the recording —(i) is made without the rights owner’s authority; and (ii) either —(A) is made on or after 21 November 2021 in circumstances that constitute an infringing use of the performance under section 175; or (B) was made before 21 November 2021 in circumstances that constitute an unauthorised use of the performance under the 1987 Act.

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