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Copyright Act 2021 s 292

s 292 Temporary copies made in course of communication

292.—(1) If the conditions in subsection (2) are met, it is a permitted use to make a temporary copy of —(a) a work; or (b) a recording of a protected performance. (2) The conditions are —(a) the temporary copy is made incidentally as part of the technical process of making or receiving a communication; (b) the act of making the communication is not a rights infringement; (c) the communicated copy —(i) is made in Singapore and is not an infringing copy of the work or performance; and (ii) is made outside Singapore and would not, had it been made in Singapore, be an infringing copy of the work or performance; and (d) if the work is an adaptation of a literary, dramatic or musical work, the communicated copy —(i) is made in Singapore and is not an infringing copy of the adaptation; and (ii) is made outside Singapore and would not, had it been made in Singapore, be an infringing copy of the adaptation. (3) This section does not permit any subsequent use of the temporary copy.

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