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- (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.
Death—devolution of copyright coming into existence after would-be owner dies
144.—(1) This section applies where a copyright comes into existence after the death of the person who would have been the copyright owner had he or she been alive.
(2) The ownership of the copyright is to devolve as if—
- (a) the copyright existed immediately before the person’s death; and
- (b) the person had then been the copyright owner.
(3) Despite sections 133, 134, 135 and 136, the person to whom the copyright devolves is the first owner of the copyright.
Death—bequest of manuscript, etc., includes any copyright therein
145.—(1) This section applies to a bequest (whether specific or general) if—
- (a) the testator dies on or after 10 April 1987;
- (b) the bequest entitles a person, beneficially or otherwise, to—
- (i) the manuscript of a literary, dramatic or musical work; or
- (ii) an artistic work; and
- (c) the work is not published during the testator’s lifetime.
(2) Subject to any contrary intention in the testator’s will, the bequest is to be treated as including a bequest of any copyright in the
