Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
Publisher’s Version
Publication Date
1-2012
Abstract
The purpose of this article is to review the development of copyright law in Singapore over the past 25 years and to examine how public policy considerations have shaped legislative and judicial development of copyright law principles. The article begins with a review of legislative activity and includes a brief survey of the public consultation exercises that have taken place on reform proposals. Included is a discussion of statutory amendments in respect of exhaustion of rights and fair dealing. This is followed by a discussion of some copyright case law, with a view to identifying judicial copyright policy approaches and concerns that have been expressed in the development of copyright principles in Singapore.
Discipline
Asian Studies | Intellectual Property Law | Public Law and Legal Theory
Publication
Singapore Academy of Law Journal
Volume
24
First Page
867
Last Page
926
ISSN
0218-2009
Publisher
Singapore Academy of Law
Citation
WEI, George S. S..
A look back at public policy, the legislature, the courts and the development of copyright law in Singapore: Twenty-five years on. (2012). Singapore Academy of Law Journal. 24, 867-926.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/411
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