Copyright Act
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The Copyright Act is Singapore’s primary legislation governing the protection, ownership, and use of copyright in creative works such as literature, music, films, software, and artistic creations.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Copyright Act canonical | 1 |
| Copyright Act (Singapore) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4054724 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Copyright Act Context triple: [Singapore law, hasIntellectualPropertyStatute, Copyright Act]
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A.
U.S. Copyright Act
The U.S. Copyright Act is the primary federal statute that defines and governs copyright protection, rights, and limitations in the United States.
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B.
Copyright Act of Japan
The Copyright Act of Japan is the primary legal framework governing the protection, use, and enforcement of copyright and related rights within Japan.
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C.
Copyright Royalty and Distribution Reform Act
The Copyright Royalty and Distribution Reform Act is a U.S. law that overhauled the system for setting and distributing copyright royalty rates, including creating the Copyright Royalty Judges to replace prior administrative mechanisms.
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D.
Digital Millennium Copyright Act
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act is a 1998 U.S. law that implements international copyright treaties and strengthens protections for digital content, including anti-circumvention measures and safe harbor provisions for online service providers.
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E.
International Copyright and Neighbouring Rights
"International Copyright and Neighbouring Rights" is a leading scholarly treatise by Jane C. Ginsburg that analyzes the laws and principles governing copyright and related rights across different countries and legal systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Copyright Act Target entity description: The Copyright Act is Singapore’s primary legislation governing the protection, ownership, and use of copyright in creative works such as literature, music, films, software, and artistic creations.
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A.
U.S. Copyright Act
The U.S. Copyright Act is the primary federal statute that defines and governs copyright protection, rights, and limitations in the United States.
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B.
Copyright Act of Japan
The Copyright Act of Japan is the primary legal framework governing the protection, use, and enforcement of copyright and related rights within Japan.
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C.
Copyright Royalty and Distribution Reform Act
The Copyright Royalty and Distribution Reform Act is a U.S. law that overhauled the system for setting and distributing copyright royalty rates, including creating the Copyright Royalty Judges to replace prior administrative mechanisms.
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D.
Digital Millennium Copyright Act
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act is a 1998 U.S. law that implements international copyright treaties and strengthens protections for digital content, including anti-circumvention measures and safe harbor provisions for online service providers.
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E.
International Copyright and Neighbouring Rights
"International Copyright and Neighbouring Rights" is a leading scholarly treatise by Jane C. Ginsburg that analyzes the laws and principles governing copyright and related rights across different countries and legal systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
copyright law
ⓘ
legislation ⓘ statute ⓘ |
| administeredBy | Intellectual Property Office of Singapore ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
artistic works
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broadcasts ⓘ cable programmes ⓘ computer programs ⓘ dramatic works ⓘ films ⓘ literary works ⓘ musical works ⓘ software ⓘ sound recordings ⓘ |
| appliesWithin | territory of Singapore ⓘ |
| basedOn | international copyright treaties ⓘ |
| country | Singapore ⓘ |
| defines |
author
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copyright ⓘ fair dealing ⓘ infringement of copyright ⓘ owner of copyright ⓘ permitted uses of copyright works ⓘ |
| enforcedBy |
Judiciary of Singapore
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surface form:
courts of Singapore
|
| governs | copyright ⓘ |
| implements |
Singapore’s obligations under the Berne Convention
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Singapore’s obligations under the TRIPS Agreement ⓘ |
| includes |
provisions on educational exceptions
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provisions on library and archive exceptions ⓘ provisions on rights management information ⓘ provisions on technological protection measures ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Singapore ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalSystem | common law ⓘ |
| providesFor |
border enforcement measures against infringing copies
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civil remedies for copyright infringement ⓘ collective management of copyright ⓘ criminal offences for copyright infringement ⓘ economic rights in copyright works ⓘ exclusive rights of copyright owners ⓘ licensing of copyright ⓘ moral rights in certain works ⓘ |
| purpose |
to balance rights of creators and users
ⓘ
to provide legal protection for creators of copyright works ⓘ |
| regulates |
ownership of copyright
ⓘ
protection of copyright ⓘ use of copyright works ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
creative works
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expressions of ideas and not ideas themselves ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Copyright Act Description of subject: The Copyright Act is Singapore’s primary legislation governing the protection, ownership, and use of copyright in creative works such as literature, music, films, software, and artistic creations.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Patents Act (Singapore)
this entity surface form:
Copyright Act (Singapore)