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Appendix C Specimen Agreements
1.2 [I or we] consent to the incorporation of the Work in the [screenplay or film or sound
recording] entitled [name] and irrevocably and unconditionally waive all rights to
which [I am or we are] entitled pursuant to the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
Sections 77, 80 and 84 and any other moral rights provided for under the laws now or in
future in force in any part of the world in respect of the inclusion and exploitation by
you your successors and licensees of the Work by means of such [screenplay or film or
sound recording] in any and all media throughout the world.

2. The company undertakes to pay to [me or us] the sum of £[insert].

Yours faithfully

[signature(s) of personal representative(s)]

We confirm and agree the above and agree to be bound by it.

[signature on behalf of company]

(e) Notice of Assertion of Right to be Identified
From: [name of author or director] of [address]

To: [name of company] of [address]

Dated:

Dear

[title] [directed] by [name of author or director] (the ‘Work’)

1. I am the [author or director] of the Work.

2. This letter constitutes a notice in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright,
Designs and Patents Act 1988 Section 78(2)(b) of the assertion of the right granted
pursuant to Section 77(1) of that Act (the right of the author of a copyright literary,
dramatic, musical or artistic work and the director of a copyright film to be identified as
author or director of the work.

3. Pursuant to the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 Section 77(8)
I have the right to specify the form of identification which you are obliged to use. Such
form is as follows: [specify form of identification].
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