PART III — Ownership of copyright in collective works.

Copyright Act, 2022

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PART III — OWNERSHIP, TRANSFERS AND LICENCES

Ownership of copyright in collective works.

29. Except as otherwise provided by agreement —

(a) copyright in a collective work shall vest in the person on whose initiative or direction the work was created ; and

(b) the authors of the works incorporated in a collective work shall have the right to exploit their works independent of the right in the collective work.