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and (c) shall be null and void.
(3) Notwithstanding any contractual obligation to the contrary, a
user may be permitted to make a copy of the code of a computer
programme and translate the form of the code when this is
indispensable in order to obtain the information necessary to
achieve the interoperability of an independently created computer
programme with other programmes:
Provided that__
(a) these acts are performed by the user of a copy of a computer
programme, or on his behalf, by a person authorized to do so;
(b) the information necessary to achieve interoperability has
not previously been readily available to the persons referred to in
paragraph (a); and
(c) these acts are confined to the parts of the original
programme which are necessary to achieve interoperability.
(4) The information obtained in accordance with subsection (2)
shall not be__
(a) used for purposes other than to achieve the interoperability
of the independently created computer programme;
(b) given to other persons, except when this is necessary in
order to achieve the interoperability of the independently created
computer programme; or
(c) used for the development, production or marketing of a
computer programme substantially similar to the original in its
expression, or for any other act which infringes copyright in the
programme.
(5) Notwithstanding any contractual obligation to the contrary,
any person having a right to use a compilation of data in the form of
a database may perform such acts as are necessary to access and
make normal use of the contents of the database.
53. This Act shall not prevent a work from being used in
connection with an investigation or as evidence in administrative or
judicial proceedings
Evidence in
administrative
or judicial
proceedings
PART V__TRANSFER OF COPYRIGHT
54.__(1) Any right under this Act shall be transferable and may
be so transferred by assignment, testamentary disposition or by
operation of law except as limited or restricted by this Act.
(2) A contract which requires the total transfer of the economic
Transferabi
lity of
copyright