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26.
—(1) For the purposes of this Act, unless the contrary intention appears, copyright, in relation to a work, is the exclusive right —
(a)
in the case of a literary, dramatic or musical work, to do all or any of the following acts:
(i)
to reproduce the work in a material form;
(ii)
to publish the work if the work is unpublished;
(iii)
to perform the work in public;
(iv)
to communicate the work to the public;
(v)
to make an adaptation of the work;
(vi)
to do, in relation to a work that is an adaptation of the first-mentioned work, any of the acts specified in relation to the first-mentioned work in sub-paragraphs (i) to (v);
(b)
in the case of an artistic work, to do all or any of the following acts:
(i)
to reproduce the work in a material form;
(ii)
to publish the work in Singapore or any country in relation to which this Act applies, if the work is unpublished;
(iii)
to communicate the work to the public; and
(c)
in the case of a computer program, to enter into a commercial rental arrangement in respect of the program unless the program is not the essential object of the rental.
[6/98; 52/2004]
(2) Subsection (1)(c) shall not extend to entry into a commercial rental arrangement in respect of a machine or device in which a computer program is embodied if the program is not able to be copied in the course of the ordinary use of the machine or device.
[6/98]
(3) The reference in subsection (2) to a device shall not include a device of a kind ordinarily used to store computer programs, such as a floppy disc, a device of the kind commonly known as a CD ROM, or an integrated circuit.
[6/98]
(4) Subsection (1)(c) shall not extend to entry into a commercial rental arrangement in respect of a computer program if —
(a)
the copy of the computer program, not being an infringing copy, was purchased by a person (referred to in this subsection as the program owner) before 16th April 1998;
(b)
the commercial rental arrangement is entered into in the ordinary course of a business conducted by the program owner; and
(c)
the program owner was conducting the same business, or another business that consisted of, or included, the making of commercial rental arrangements in respect of computer programs, when the copy was purchased.
[6/98]
[Aust. 1968, s. 31]