Hey... I was wrong about the need to pay for copyright :) Haha.... it is actually free and automatically granted, there is no need for me to do anything :D Haha.... read this.....

AUTOMATIC PROTECTION

In Singapore, copyright protection is automatic and is conferred on the author from whom the work originates, and as soon as a work is created and fixed in a material or tangible form. Thus, an author of a work does not have to do anything to get copyright protection.

If the work is independently created, it has copyright protection. It does not matter that there is another work that is the same or similar as long as it can be proven that there was no copying from that other work.

Source: http://www.ipos.gov.sg/main/aboutip/copyright/fundamentals.html

Oh... found something interesting also :D

PROOF OF ORIGINALITY

In practice, authors have resorted to a number of means to preserve their interests. They may have:

deposited a copy of their work with their solicitors;

sent a copy of their work to themselves by special delivery, leaving the envelope unopened on its return so that the date stamp and the unopened work could establish the date of existence and the work as it existed at the relevant time;

or

made a declaration stating the facts of ownership and the date of creation before a Commissioner of Oaths.

These are, however, by no means foolproof methods of proving authorship as they do not prove that the work is original or created by the author. In a dispute, the Court will decide whether there is sufficient evidence to prove the authorship.

Source: http://www.ipos.gov.sg/main/aboutip/copyright/fundamentals.html


Cool.... read the line in red.... Haha..... sounds a bit lame :S but hehe.... does that mean that I have to do that as well haha.... just in case someone in yj kope my design :P

haha.... so yar.... hope this give people some idea of the copyright law in singapore :)