Former radio deejay in copyright tussle with SPH

SMU Associate Professor of Law Saw Cheng Lim commented on the copyright tussle and said that SPH does have a case and can stake a copyright claim against Daniel Ong. "Even though Daniel has allowed the journalists to do a write-up on his business etc, the copyright in the published article still belongs to SPH (as employer of the journalists) and not to Daniel. Daniel merely contributed the basic ideas and information surrounding his business, but it was the journalists who compiled all the information … into a full-blown feature/story which was subsequently published by SPH," he said.