BITS & BYTES
BITS & BYTES is a monthly bulletin presented by TRAIL and its partners - Allen & Gledhill, Drew & Napier, Rajah & Tann, and WongPartnership – that showcases thought leadership in law and technology. It will cover how technology is used in or impacts different areas of law such as commercial law, intellectual property, banking and finance, tort law, privacy and data protection, and cybersecurity. The bulletin will feature commentaries on a particular area of law, technological development or legal policy, case notes and practice notes.
Articles From This Month's Issue
ENTERTAINMENT & SPORTS
By Lau Kok Keng and Teoh Jun Li (Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP)
This is the first of a two-part article which discusses online safety and cybersecurity risks in video gaming. This first part will explore online grooming, cyber bullying and gaming addiction risks that online gamers may encounter, and consider how existing laws including the new Online Criminal Harms Act may potentially be applied to combat such risks.
CYBERSECURITY AND DATA PROTECTION
By Rajesh Sreenivasan, Steve Tan, Benjamin Cheong and Lionel Tan (Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP)
Cybersecurity is a fundamental priority at a national level to protect individuals, businesses, and institutions from unauthorised access, theft, and damage to their sensitive information and systems. This article considers the scope of protection offered by the Cybersecurity Act and the draft Cybersecurity (Amendment) Bill.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
By Dr Stanley Lai, SC, David Lim, Linda Shi and Justin Tay (Allen & Gledhill LLP)
This article will summarise the decision in Li v Liu (issued last year) and explore how and why the Beijing Internet Court reached a different conclusion from the US Copyright Office’s (USCO) decision in Zarya of the Dawn, when both cases were based on a similar set of facts. Finally, we will briefly explore the implications of the courts’ decisions on copyright in AI-generated content going forward.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
By Professor David Tan (NUS Law)
Part 1 discussed how Singapore copyright law is poised to tackle the issue of whether the use of copyright-protected works for machine learning and the works created from natural language commands are infringing copyright. In Part 2, the article evaluates how the computational data analysis exception and fair use provision in the Singapore Copyright Act 2021 may be relevant to the input and output scenarios.