§ '(1) This section applies where a copy of a work in electronic form has been purchased on terms which, expressly or impliedly or by virtue of any rule of law, allow the purchaser to copy the work, or to adapt it or make copies of an adaption, in connection with his use of it.
§ (2) If there are no express terms—
- (a) prohibiting the transfer of the copy by the purchaser, imposing obligations which continue after a transfer, prohibiting the assignment of any licence or terminating any licence on a transfer, or
- (b) providing for the terms on which a transferee may do the things which the purchaser was permitted to do,
§ (3) The same applies where the original purchased copy is no longer usable and what is transferred is a further copy used in its place.
§ (4) The above provisions also apply on a subsequent transfer, with the substitution for references in subsection (2) to the purchaser of references to the subsequent transferor.'.—[Mr. Butcher.]
§ Brought up, read the First and Second time, and added to the Bill.