(2) Subject to any contrary intention, the licence, contract or arrangement continues to have effect in accordance with the 1987 Act in force immediately before 1 January 2005.
Division 7—Works, performances, acts, etc., before appointed day
No revival or extension of copyright in authorial work, sound recording or film expiring before appointed day
533.—(1) This section applies where, under the provisions of the 1987 Act in force immediately before the appointed day, the copyright in an authorial work, a sound recording or a film expired before that date.
(2) Part 3 does not apply to revive or extend the copyright in the work.
Assignments and licences of copyright made on or after 10 April 1987 and before appointed day to have similar effect
534.—(1) This section applies where—
- (a) copyright subsists in a work under this Act;
- (b) a document was made, or an event occurred, on or after 10 April 1987 and before the appointed day; and
- (c) the document or event—
- (i) affected the ownership of the copyright in the work under the 1987 Act;
- (ii) granted, modified or ended a licence in the copyright in the work under the 1987 Act; or
- (iii) would have had the effect mentioned in sub-paragraph (i) or (ii) if the 1987 Act had continued in force.
(2) Subject to subsections (3) and (4), the document or event has the same effect in relation to the copyright in the work under this Act.
(3) If the effect of the document was or would have been limited to a period specified in the document, the document does not have any
