[F193B Right to equitable remuneration where rental right transferred.U.K.
(1)Where an author to whom this section applies has transferred his rental right concerning a sound recording or a film to the producer of the sound recording or film, he retains the right to equitable remuneration for the rental.
The authors to whom this section applies are—
(a)the author of a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work, and
(b)the principal director of a film.
(2)The right to equitable remuneration under this section may not be assigned by the author except to a collecting society for the purpose of enabling it to enforce the right on his behalf.
The right is, however, transmissible by testamentary disposition or by operation of law as personal or moveable property; and it may be assigned or further transmitted by any person into whose hands it passes.
(3)Equitable remuneration under this section is payable by the person for the time being entitled to the rental right, that is, the person to whom the right was transferred or any successor in title of his.
(4)The amount payable by way of equitable remuneration is as agreed by or on behalf of the persons by and to whom it is payable, subject to section 93C (reference of amount to Copyright Tribunal).
(5)An agreement is of no effect in so far as it purports to exclude or restrict the right to equitable remuneration under this section.
(6)References in this section to the transfer of rental right by one person to another include any arrangement having that effect, whether made by them directly or through intermediaries.
(7)In this section a “collecting society” means a society or other organisation which has as its main object, or one of its main objects, the exercise of the right to equitable remuneration under this section on behalf of more than one author.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 93B inserted (1.12.1996) by S.I. 1996/2967, reg. 14(1) (with Pt. III)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 93B applied (with modifications) (1.12.1996) by S.I. 1996/2967, reg. 32(2) (with Pt. III)
C2S. 93B restricted (1.12.1996) by S.I. 1996/2967, reg. 33 (with Pt. III)