Copyright Act 1994

116 Future copyright

• (1) Future copyright shall be capable of being assigned, wholly or partially, in the same manner and in all respects as if the copyright were then in existence, and on coming into existence the copyright shall vest in the assignee or the assignee's successor in title accordingly.

  (2) Sections 111(1), 113(2), and 114 apply to future copyright in the same manner as they apply to existing copyright.

  (3) A licence granted by a person to whom future copyright has been assigned is binding on every successor in title to that person's 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 Act to doing anything—

  • (a) with, or without, the licence of the copyright owner; or

  • (b) other than pursuant to a copyright licence—

  shall be construed accordingly.

  Compare: 1962 No 33 s 57; Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 s 91 (UK)