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The first copyright law came into effect in 1710. Most laws are based on the Berne Convention, which was accepted in 1886. The date of the current law varies from country to country.
Article I, Section 8, Clause 8 of the U.S. Constitution creates Copyright. Since then the specific rules have been tinkered with regularly by Congress to benefit corporations at the expense of the public good.
Given current copyright law, it's merely a courtesy; notification is not required for protection.
1709, in the Statute of Anne.
Copyright protection is required by the Constitution. The first US law was written in 1793.
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US copyright law comes from the Constitution, which was ratified in 1788. Prior to that was Britain's Statute of Anne, in 1709. Many international copyright laws stem from the Berne Convention, 1886.
Prior to 1989 is was necessary to display a copyright notice in order to maintain protection on a work. That year the US signed the Berne Copyright Convention which standardized copyright law across national borders. One of the provisions that Berne contained was that a copyright notice would no longer be required. US law was amended to bring it into compliance.
Copyright law is a federal law, granted in the Constitution.
Copyright law.
US copyright law comes from the Constitution, which was ratified in 1788. Prior to that was Britain's Statute of Anne, in 1709.