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CREA TIVEFIRST COPYRIGHT 101

Section 18 Assignment of copyright
(1) The owner of the copyright in an existing work or the
prospective owner of the copyright in a future work may assign
to any person the copyright either wholly or partially and either
generally or subject to limitations and either for the whole term
of the copyright or any part thereof:

Provided that in the case of the assignment of copyright in any
future work, the assignment shall take effect only when the work
comes into existence.

Provided further that no such assignment shall be applied to any
medium or mode of exploitation of the work which did not exist
or was not in commercial use at the time when the assignment
was made, unless the assignment speci cally referred to such
medium or mode of exploitation of the work:

Provided also that the author of the literary or musical work
included in a cinematograph lm shall not assign or waive the
right to receive royalties to be shared on an equal basis with the
assignee of copyright for the utilization of such work in any form
other than for the communication to the public of the work along
with the cinematograph lm in a cinema hall, except to the legal
heirs of the authors or to a copyright society for collection and
distribution and any agreement to contrary shall be void:

Provided also that the author of the literary or musical work
included in the sound recording but not forming part of any
cinematograph lm shall not assign or waive the right to receive
royalties to be shared on an equal basis with the assignee of
copyright for any utilization of such work except to the legal heirs
of the authors or to a collecting society for collection and
distribution and any assignment to the contrary shall be void.

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