Public Consultation on Proposed Licence Conditions and Code of Conduct for Collective Management Organisations

03 JUN 2020

Public Consultation on Proposed Licence Conditions and Code of Conduct for Collective Management Organisations

Consultation Period:
3 June 2020 to 14 July 2020

Review of Collective Rights Management in Singapore

Copyright is a form of intellectual property right which gives creators and producers of creative works the right to prevent or allow other people to use their creative works in certain ways, for a limited period of time.

Good copyright regimes balance between providing exclusive rights to creators as an incentive to create and disseminate new creative works, while providing appropriate access to those works for the benefit of other creators and for society. To do so, they must ensure that the rights they provide are reasonable, clear, and efficiently transacted.

In order to ensure that rights are efficiently transacted, MinLaw and IPOS are reviewing the collective rights management ecosystem in Singapore. Good collective rights management ecosystems make it easier for users to obtain permission to use copyrighted works, while channeling fees and revenues back to creators — to the benefit of everyone.

Public Consultation on Proposed Licence Conditions and Code of Conduct for Collective Management Organisations

MinLaw and IPOS are seeking feedback on a proposed licensing scheme for Collective Management Organisations (CMOs) in Singapore. This follows on from the responses received during the Copyright Collective Rights Management Ecosystem Public Consultation 2017, and elaborates on the “light-touch” regulatory approach laid out in the Copyright Review Report in 2019. Your views are important and will help shape the outcome of this review. The consultation period will run from Wednesday 3 June to Tuesday 30 June 2020.

Following feedback from the public, the consultation exercise will be extended by two weeks. It will now close on Wednesday 14 July 2020 instead. We invite all interested parties to provide responses by then.

(Updated on 20 June 2020)

Alternatively, if you prefer to provide detailed comments in writing, instructions for doing so may be found in Part IV of the full consultation paper (link above).

Confidentiality of Feedback Received

MinLaw and IPOS reserve the right to make public all or parts of any written submission. Commenting parties may request for confidentiality for any part of the submission that is believed to be proprietary, confidential or commercially sensitive. Any such information should be clearly marked.

Last updated on 20 Jun 2020