Despite the recent amendments made to the Copyright Act via the Copyright (Amendment) Act 1998, the government has indicated that further changes will be made to "substantially improve protection on the Internet for many important industries."
At the 18th International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) Asia Pacific regional council meeting, Minister for Law Professor S. Jayakumar said that the amendments would give cyber-authors better protection, thereby encouraging them to publish on the Net. At the same time, users would still have legitimate and reasonable access to copyright materials on the Internet. As it stands, our copyright laws do not specifically address Internet-related works.
