The 1988 Act, like all contemporary copyright acts, includes a large number of exceptions to exclusive rights, allowing certain limited unlicensed uses for purposes of education and research. For details, see the Intellectual Property Office page linked below.
The Copyright Designs and Patents Act defines patents for computer hardware and software, and copyright on software.
The 1988 Copyright Designs and Patents Act, as amended.
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The current UK copyright law is the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988, as amended.
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The Copyright Act 1965 is an outdated UK copyright law; the current law is the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988.
The Copyright, Designs, and Patents Act of 1988 is the current intellectual property law in the UK.
Copyright, patents, rights in music, and performance rights are all aspects of intellectual property
Copyright law is a subset of Intellectual Property (IP) law.
The current act (15 November 1988) was designed to restate and amend the 1949 Registered Designs Act and the 1939 Patents, Designs, Copyright and Trade Marks (Emergency) Act. It was amended in 1990 and 1991. There were major copyright acts in 1956 and 1911, and of course the first copyright act was in 1709.
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People sometimes confuse copyrights with patents. In general terms, copyrights protect expressive works (such as choreography), whereas patents protect new, useful, nonobvious inventions. Such inventions may include devices, designs, procedures, and so forth. For more information on patents, see the website of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (www.uspto.gov). For more information on copyright, the website of the Copyright Office (www.copyright.gov). Obviously, this answer does not address copyright or patent issues in other countries.