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Chapter 8
Dealings with Rights in Copyright Works
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Assignment and licences.
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120.—(1) The copyright in a work is transmissible by assignment, by testamentary disposition or by operation of law, as personal or moveable property.
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(2) A transmission of the copyright in a work by assignment, by testamentary disposition or by operation of law may be partial, so as to apply—
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(a) to one or more but not all of the acts the copyright owner has the right to undertake or authorise, and
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(b) to part but not the whole of the period for which the copyright in the work is to subsist.
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(3) An assignment of the copyright in a work, whether in whole or in part, is not effective unless it is in writing and signed by or on behalf of the assignor.
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(4) A licence granted by a copyright owner is binding on every successor in title to his or her interest in the copyright, except a purchaser in good faith for valuable consideration and without notice (actual or constructive) of the licence or a person deriving title from such a purchaser and references in this Part to undertaking any act with or without the licence of the copyright owner shall be construed accordingly.
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(5) A licence granted by a prospective owner of copyright is binding on every successor in title to his or her interest (or prospective interest) in the copyright, except a purchaser in good faith for valuable consideration and without notice (actual or constructive) of the licence or a person deriving title from such a purchaser and references in this Part to undertaking any act with or without the licence of the copyright owner shall be construed accordingly.
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