Broadcasting Act 1990

Part IU.K. Copyright Licensing

1(1)This paragraph applies where the person providing a programme service has assigned to another the copyright in works containing information to which this Schedule applies.U.K.

(2)The person providing the programme service, not the assignee, is to be treated as the owner of the copyright for the purposes of licensing any act restricted by the copyright done on or after the day on which this paragraph comes into force.

(3)Where the assignment by the person providing the programme service occurred before 29th September 1989 then, in relation to any act restricted by the copyright so assigned—

(a)sub-paragraph (2) does not have effect, and

(b)references below in this Schedule to the person providing the programme service are to the assignee.