Copyright Order, 1999 · As enacted · Chapter V · Dealings with Rights in Copyright Works
Section 94
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Where by an agreement made in relation to future copyright, and entered into by or on behalf of the prospective owner of the copyright, the prospective owner purports to assign the future copyright, whether wholly or partly, to another person, then if, on the copyright coming into existence, the assignee or any person claiming under him would be entitled as against all other persons to 310
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require the copyright to be vested in him, the copyright shall vest in the assignee or his successor in title under this subsection.
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"future copyright" means copyright which will or may come into existence in respect of a future work or class of works or on the occurrence of a future event;
"prospective owner" shall be construed accordingly, and includes a person who is prospectively entitled to copyright under such an agreement as is mentioned in subsection (1).
A licence granted by a prospective owner of copyright is binding on every successor in title to his interest or prospective interest in the copyright, except a purchaser in good faith for valuable consideration and without notice, whether actual or constructive, of the licence or a person deriving title from such a purchaser; and references in this Part to doing anything with, or without, the licence of the copyright owner shall be construed accordingly.
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