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16 Aug

2023

[UPDATE]: Copyright School Challenge 2023: Video Competition

Due to a re-arrangement in schedule, we have pushed back the launch of the video competition to a later date. Do a keep a look out for the competition launch around November 2023. In the meantime, explore [...]

17 Apr

2023

IFRRO Asia Pacific Committee Meeting 2023

CLASS together with the International Federation of Reprographic Rights Organisation (IFRRO) hosted the IFRRO Asia-Pacific Committee (IFRRO APC) meeting from 13 to 14 April 2023 at Hotel Jen OrchardGateway. [...]

13 Feb

2023

CLASS honours the top winners for the Copyright School Challenge 2022: Video Competition

The Copyright School Challenge: Video Competition Awards Ceremony was held on 8 February 2023 at the Arts House for the top 10 finalists. Launched in April 2022, this video competition was organised by [...]

11 Nov

2022

Public Consultation on Draft Regulations for Collective Management Organisations

IPOS and the Ministry of Law Singapore have released draft subsidiary legislation on the regulation of collective management organisations (CMOs). You can assist in ensuring the effectiveness of CMOs [...]

27 Oct

2022

IFRRO members elect new Board of Directors

Members of the International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations (IFRRO) elected a new Board of Directors during its 25 October 2022 General Assembly in Brussels. Mr Andrew Fong, CEO of CLASS, [...]

21 Sep

2022

Strategies To Win The Global Talent Race

Talent is critical to business innovation and competitiveness. The most resilient economies and fasting growing businesses are those establishing a clear lead in the development of digital skills to win [...]

08 Sep

2022

Educating students on the importance of copyright

The importance of protecting copyrighted works should be part of any lesson plan that engages the students’ knowledge and prepares them for professional life after school. Educators have a role to [...]

29 Aug

2022

National Seminar on Managing Copyright in Malaysia Education

The National Seminar on Managing Copyright in Malaysia Education was held on 18 August 2022, marking the establishment of the Malaysia Reprographic Rights Center (MARC) as the only authorised collective [...]

01 Aug

2022

What is a CMO and how it helps both copyright owners and users of copyrighted works?

Our world is enriched by the contributions of authors and publishers. Original works are protected by copyright in order that creators and copyright owners can be fairly compensated for their contributions. [...]

27 May

2022

Copyrights School Challenge 2022 : Video Competition

The Copyright School Challenge: Video Challenge is back this year with more opportunities to ‘Express Creativity with a Video‘. The objective of this competition is to encourage and educate youths [...]

13 May

2022

Teacher’s Webinar: Addressing Copyright Licensing Matters

CLASS hosted its teacher webinars series to help teachers evaluate copyright issues and address reusing copyrighted content challenges while teaching. As part of the CLASS outreach series, the webinars [...]

23 Dec

2021

CLASS AWARDS $60,000 WORTH OF BURSARY TO SINGAPOREAN STUDENTS

The Copyright Licensing and Administration Society of Singapore (CLASS) awarded $60,000 worth of bursaries to forty local tertiary students from polytechnics and universities on Tuesday, 21 December. This [...]

29 Nov

2023

Championing Educational Excellence: CLASS Honours 40 Exceptional Tertiary Students

The Copyright Licensing & Administration Society of Singapore (CLASS) held its 13th Bursary Award on 28 November 2023, awarding 40 local tertiary students over $100,000 in bursaries. Since its inception, [...]

16 Nov

2023

Copyright School Challenge 2023/2024: Creative Writing Competition The Copyright School Challenge: Creative Writing Competition is back this year with a brand-new theme! CLASS is launching its second edition [...]

16 Nov

2023

The Copyright School Challenge: Video Competition is back for its third year! This year’s theme is CURIOSITY, and we are calling on all students aged 13 to 18 from all local and international schools [...]

29 May

2023

We concluded our first Creative Writing Competition with an Award Ceremony that took place at the Asian Festival of Children’s Content 2023 on 27 May 2023. The Copyright School Challenge 2023: Creative [...]

16 May

2023

Play! is the theme for the 14th Asian Festival of Children’s Content (AFCC)

Organised by the Singapore Book Council, the 14th Asian Festival of Children’s Content (AFCC) returns this year as a fully in-person event from 25–28 May! The theme is “Play!” [...]