SMU Associate Professor of Law Saw Cheng Lim described the proposed changes to Singapore’s existing intellectual property (IP) law announced by the Ministry of Law as “long overdue”. “To some extent, Singapore is playing ‘catch up’ because the UK and other European countries had already introduced similar provisions more than 10 years ago!” he said. SMU School of Law Deputy Dean Professor David Llewelyn said it was helpful that the proposed changes require that a website’s primary purpose is the provision of infringing content before it can be blocked, because this ensures that they cannot be misused in other areas. He added the proposed changes send a strong message, both of Singapore’s recognition of creativity, and a discouragement of websites with business models that rely on wholesale copyright infringement.