SINGAPORE MEMBERSHIP IN BERNE CONVENTION

The Berne Convention for the Protection Of Literary and Artistic Works was effected on 21 December, 1998. Under the Berne Convention, works published originally in any member country shall be granted in the same level of copyright protection by other member countries as given to the works of their own citizens. Singapore as a member of the Berne Convention opens up into new markets for exporters of Singapore works. As a member, Singapore has become an attractive city to publish and launch latest software, internet websites, books, etc., and, this has driven Singapore to become a regional publishing centre, as it now offers more copyright safety. The Singapore creators, the authors, publishers, software makers, internet websites, maps, drama works, etc, will now benefit from the automatic copyright protection internationally. Authors of web pages could use Berne Convention to protect their rights internationally in view of the worldwide Internet.

Source : The Straits Times Singapore