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Copyright Act 2021 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Copyright in Works
143. Licences — licence binds successors in title to copyright except bona fide purchaser
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(a)
in the case of a licence granted on or after 1 July 2004 to the Government or a public body — the licence binds every successor in title to the copyright; and
public body
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“public body” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Public Sector (Governance) Act 2018;
(b)
in any other case — the licence binds every successor in title to the copyright, but not —
(i)
a successor in title who purchased the title in good faith for valuable consideration and without actual or constructive notice of the licence; or
(ii)
a person who derives title from that successor.