Composers and Authors Society of Singapore Ltd v Fox Networks Group Singapore Pte Ltd

Intellectual Property — Copyright — Subject matter — Broadcasts — Whether point-to-point transmissions fall within the meaning of “broadcast” in the Copyright Act (Cap 63, 2006 Rev Ed); Intellectual Property — Copyright — Infringement — Standing to sue — Distinction between the exclusive right to authorise a person to do an act in relation to a copyright work and the exclusive right to do that act; Intellectual Property — Copyright — Infringement — Exclusive right to communicate the work to the public in s 26(1)(a)(iv) of the Copyright Act (Cap 63, 2006 Rev Ed) — Test for determining if the work is communicated to the “public” — Whether persons outside of Singapore form part of the “public”