Not much. The Copyright Act defines the exclusive rights of the creator of an artistic work, as well as exceptions to those rights.
If you're speaking specifically about the document, you would say the Copyright Act; talking about the law in general does not need to be capitalized."According to the US Copyright Act you owe me...""According to US copyright law, you owe me..."
The specific law varies from country to country. In the US, it is the Copyright Act 1976; in the UK, it is the Copyright, Design, and Patents Act 1988.
It depends on the country. In the US, it would have been the 1831 Copyright Act.
It varies from country to country. In the US, for example, it is US Code Title 17, the Copyright Act.
It varies from country to country. In the US it is Title 17 of the US Code, and in Canada it is the Copyright Act 1985.
In the US the Copyright act is titled "Copyright Law of the United States" and is contained in Title 17 of the United States Code. The most recent major revision is the Copyright Act of 1976 however there have been significant amendments since that date. Of these, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) of 1998, The Copyright Royalty and Distribution Reform Act of 2004, and the Intellectual Property Protection and Courts Amendments Act of 2004 are the most noteworthy.
The exact law varies from country to country. In the US, for example, it is US Code Title 17, the Copyright Act.
In the US the Copyright act is titled "Copyright Law of the United States" and is contained in Title 17 of the United States Code. The most recent major revision is the Copyright Act of 1976 however there have been significant amendments since that date. Of these, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) of 1998, The Copyright Royalty and Distribution Reform Act of 2004, and the Intellectual Property Protection and Courts Amendments Act of 2004 are the most noteworthy.
In the US, "copyright law" refers to Title 17 of the United States Code, simply called "Copyrights." In the UK, it means the Copyright, Design, and Patents Act of 1988, called the Copyright Act for short.
The actual act varies from country to country. For example, in the US it is United States Code Title 17, and in the UK it is the Copyright Design and Patents Act.
US Code Title 17 Circular 92 is a good source for copyright and related laws.
Copyright law is a subset of Intellectual Property (IP) law.