(July 8, 2014) Singapore today enacted an amendment to its Copyright Act that will make it possible for copyright holders to obtain blocking orders against pirate websites without first issuing takedown notices. The legislation was implemented at least in part to address the prevalence online piracy in Singapore. We have written previously about a study by Sycamore Research suggests that 70% of young people aged 16-24 in Singapore habitually access pirated content, one of the worst rates in the Asia-Pacific region.
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