Singapore, Monday 31 January 2005 – The Honour Intellectual Property (HIP) Alliance [the flagship public awareness initiative of Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS)] unveiled its latest educational tool today. Entitled “Copy Not Right”, the ten minute video starring Hossan Leong, aims to educate and promote appropriate usage of copyright work. This initiative is supported by the Ministry of Law.
The video is specially produced to educate on best practices on usage of copyright materials in the work environment. Familiar scenarios such as downloading of copyrighted images for presentation purposes, photocopying of books and using contents from a published source are enacted in this video to correct the common misconceptions about the use of copyright works and to encourage users to practise caution and seek permission from copyright owners before using any copyright material.
“This video is timely, as the new copyright law has just come into effect at the beginning of this year,” remarked Ms Liew Woon Yin, Director-General of IPOS. “Everyone should know by now that copyright holders may take up civil suits against the copyright infringers and since January this year, wilful and significant copyright infringements can also attract criminal liability. It is important for all of us to highlight some of the best practices on day to day usage of copyright material in the workplace. This video, therefore, is a ‘must see’ in every office. ”
Copies of “Copy Not Right” will be made available to companies in the private sector, institutes of higher learning and public sector agencies following its début airing at the “Government IP Talk” organised by IPOS on 31 January 2005 at the Civil Service College (CSC). Companies in the private sector that are interested to obtain a copy of the video can contact Ms Linda Lim of IPOS at
lim_lee_kuan@ipos.gov.sg starting from 1 Februrary 2005.
For media enquiries, please contact:
Ms Angelia Chia
Senior Executive
Media and Marketing Communications
Intellectual Property Office of Singapore
DID: +65 6331 6572
Fax: +65 6331 6562
Email: angelia_chia@ipos.gov.sg
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The Intellectual Property Office of Singapore or IPOS is the lead government agency that formulates and regulates Intellectual Property (IP) laws, promotes IP awareness and provides the infrastructure to facilitate the greater development of IP in Singapore. With IP fast becoming a critical resource in today’s new economy, IPOS’ vision is to foster a creative Singapore where ideas and intellectual efforts are valued, developed and exploited. Formerly known as the Registry of Trade Marks and Patents, IPOS was established as a statutory board of the Ministry of Law on 1 April 2001. More information on IPOS can be found on www.ipos.gov.sg.
HIP stands for Honour Intellectual Property. It is IPOS’ key educational initiative to encourage innovation and creativity in Singapore, with strong support from the private sector, public sector and industry associations. HIP aims to promote a positive attitude towards IP and encourages a Pro-IP lifestyle for everyone to ‘Be Creative, Be Original, and Be HIP’. With support from the HIP Alliance members, IPOS intends to motivate the Singapore community to join together to ‘Say No to Piracy’ and support legitimate businesses that create legitimate products and services to make Singapore an IP safe country.
- Alliance Entertainment Asia
- Anti-Video Piracy Associaiton of Singapore
- Business Software Alliance
- CineNow Singapore Pte Ltd
- Composers and Authors Society of Singapore Pte Ltd (COMPASS)
- Electronic Arts
- Entertainment Software Association (ESA)
- Giordano Originals (S) Pte Ltd
- Hewlett-Packard Far East Pte Ltd
- International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC)
- Microsoft Singapore Pte Ltd
- Motion Picture Association (MPA)
- Music Publishers (S) Ltd
- NOKIA Pte Ltd
- POWER98FM
- Recording Industry Association of Singapore (RIAS)
- Scorpio East Entertainment Pte Ltd
- Singapore Ministry of Education (Curriculum Planning & Development Division)
- Singapore Police Force (Intellectual Property Rights Branch)
- The Copyright Licensing and Administration Society of Singapore Limited (CLASS)
- W!LD RICE