Benny Tan ’12 & Eleanor Wong’s ’85 new book, Creative Licence: The Regulation of Media in Singapore, has been published by Academy Publishing.

Benny Tan ’12 & Eleanor Wong’s ’85 new book, Creative Licence: The Regulation of Media in Singapore, has been published by Academy Publishing.

Creative Licence covers the regulation of films, broadcast (and Internet), arts entertainment, and advertising in Singapore. These newer forms of media have in common visual, design, production, and performative aspects, which fit them to be discussed together.

This book is unique in that it discusses the formal (civil and criminal) regulatory aspects, as well as the more informal controls of these forms of media. The treatment is intentionally straightforward and practical rather than overly theoretical or academic. It aims to be a useful reference for media practitioners and lawyers advising media clients. It also quite extensively considers the historical developments of the regulation of these forms of media in Singapore. In that regard, media enthusiasts may also find this book to be of particular interest.

This book takes into account all the changes in recent years to the Films Act, Broadcasting Act, and Public Entertainments Act.

Further details about the book may be found here.