The exact law varies from country to country. In the US, for example, it is US Code Title 17, the Copyright Act.
David I. Bainbridge has written: 'Software copyright law' -- subject(s): Computer programs, Copyright, Law and legislation, Computer software 'Computers and the law' -- subject(s): Computers, Law and legislation 'Intellectual property law' 'Data protection' -- subject(s): Data protection, Law and legislation, Privacy, Right of, Right of Privacy
Parliament amends and expands copyright law as needed, within the bounds of the Berne Convention.
You will find all 13 chapters of current US copyright law, as well as significant appendices at the link below.
Copyright law applies virtually equally to both "hard copy" and digital works.
WHAT is being asked? For an overview of this legislation see the below link:
J. H. Spoor has written: 'Copies in Copyright (Monographs on Industrial Property & Copyright Law)' 'Scripta manent' -- subject(s): Reproduction of money, documents, Law and legislation, Copyright 'Copies in copyright' -- subject(s): Photocopying, Fair use (Copyright)
It varies from country to country, and also by your definition of a copyright law. In the US, in the strictest terms, the most recent copyright act was in 1976; however there is almost a steady stream of legislation that affects copyright.
Jeremy Phillips has written: 'Charles Dickens and the 'Poor man's tale of a patent'' 'Butterworths Intellectual Property Law Handbook' 'The trade mark companion for 1995' -- subject(s): Cases, Great Britain, Law and legislation, Trademarks 'Licensing Law Guide' 'Whale on copyright' -- subject(s): Copyright, International Copyright 'Employees' Inventions' 'Trade Mark Law' -- subject(s): Law and legislation, Trademarks, Trademarks (International law)
William J. Seiter has written: 'The creative artist's legal guide' -- subject(s): Copyright and electronic data processing, Trademarks, Copyright, LAW / Intellectual Property / Trademark, Intellectual property, Law and legislation, Contracts, Fictitious characters, Fair use (Copyright), LAW / Entertainment, LAW / Intellectual Property / General, LAW / Intellectual Property / Copyright, Digital media
J. A. Keustermans has written: 'International computer law' -- subject(s): Computer programs, Computers, Copyright, Law and legislation, Semiconductors
Mark S. Lee has written: 'Entertainment & intellectual property law' -- subject(s): Copyright, Copyright infringement, Entertainers, Intellectual property infringement, Law and legislation, Legal status, laws, Performing arts, Piracy (Copyright), Software protection
Copyright laws come into being just as any other law: legislation is introduced, reviewed in committee (in this case the Judiciary committee), and then brought to the whole body for a vote.