{"id":17849,"date":"2019-01-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-23T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/2019\/01\/24\/governments-changes-to-singapores-copyright-law-have-far-reaching-implications\/"},"modified":"2021-02-15T14:21:31","modified_gmt":"2021-02-15T06:21:31","slug":"governments-changes-to-singapores-copyright-law-have-far-reaching-implications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/2019\/01\/24\/governments-changes-to-singapores-copyright-law-have-far-reaching-implications\/","title":{"rendered":"Government’s changes to Singapore’s copyright law have far-reaching implications"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In the latest \u2018Ask: NUS Economists\u2019 series in The Straits Times, Distinguished Professor Ivan Png (NUS Business School, NUS Department of Economics, and NUS Department of Information Systems and Analytics) highlights the business and economic implications of the Singapore government\u2019s recent changes to its copyright law.<\/p>\n

Prof Png first introduces the two proposed revisions to Singapore\u2019s copyright law. As it stands, Singapore\u2019s copyright law requires courts to weigh five factors in determining whether an infringing use is \u2018fair use\u2019. The fifth factor, introduced by the Singapore government, considers copying to be fair use if there was no possibility of obtaining the rights to use or adapt the original work \u2018within a reasonable time at an ordinary commercial price\u2019. The government has proposed to remove this factor as it has caused confusion. This may have implications for the distribution of copyright material and content creation on platforms such as Google Books and YouTube.<\/p>\n

Secondly, the government plans to explicitly permit text and data mining of copyright material. Prof Png draws attention to a recent dispute between LinkedIn and hiQ Labs, where the latter was accused of collecting and analysing information from LinkedIn profiles for commercial purposes. He argues that the Singapore government\u2019s proposals to legalise the use of copyright material for data analysis would help individual businesses avoid costly investments in legal action, especially since Singapore\u2019s market is so small.<\/p>\n

Prof Png thus concludes that sound implementation of these changes may stimulate entrepreneurship and innovation in relevant fields. However, he also recognises that the overall business and economic implications remain uncertain.<\/p>\n

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