Singapore is drafting new copyright laws.
Singapore, the world’s haven for copyright pirates, will send violators to jail under new laws now being drafted, government officials said. The draft law would replace the island’s 74-year-old Copyright Act, which U.S. officials and foreign investors have criticized as outmoded and ineffective. “We are introducing for the first time jail sentences for infringement, although normally copyright trespasses are really civil matters,” a senior government official said.
Start your day right
Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
