the contrary is proved, the legal representative of the 
                                     anonymous or pseudonymous author and shall be entitled to 
                                     exercise and protect the rights belonging to the author under 
                                     this Act;

                            (c)    in  the case of unpublished work where the identity of the 
                                     author is unknown, but where there is every reason  to 
                                     presume that he is a citizen of Malaysia, the copyright 
                                     conferred by this Act shall be deemed to vest in the Minister 
                                     charged with the responsibility for culture.

         (5)     Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection (4) shall cease to apply when the identity of the author becomes known.


27.    Assignment, licenses and testamentary disposition.

         (1)   Subject to this section, copyright shall be transferable by assignment, testamentary disposition, or by operation of law, as movable property.

          (2)   An assignment or testamentary disposition of copyright may be limited so as to apply only to some of the acts which the owner of the copyright has the exclusive right to control, or to only part of the period of the copyright, or to a specified country or other geographical area.

          (3)   No assignment of copyright and no license to do and act the doing of which is controlled by copyright shall have effect unless it is in writing.

          (4)   An assignment or license granted by one copyright owner shall have effect as if the assignment or license is also granted by his co-owner or co-owners, and subject to any agreement between the co-owners, fees received by any of the owners shall be divided equally of a copyright.

          (5)   For the purpose of this section, persons shall be deemed to be co-owners if they share a joint interest in the whole or any part of a copyright.

          (6)   An assignment, license or testamentary disposition  may be effectively granted or made in respect of a future work, or an existing work in which copyright does not yet subsist, and the future copyright in any such work shall be transferable by operation of law as movable property. 

 


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