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The Copyright Designs and Patents Act defines patents for computer hardware and software, and copyright on software.

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What is the name of the copyright law and when was it establised?

The copyright designs and patents Act 1988. :)


What is the copyright law for the UK?

The 1988 Copyright Designs and Patents Act, as amended.


What is the UK copyright act?

The current UK copyright law is the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988, as amended.


What is the Federal copyright act of 1965?

The Copyright Act 1965 is an outdated UK copyright law; the current law is the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988.


How does the copyright designs and patents act affect the OCR nationals?

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The Copyright, Designs, and Patents Act of 1988 is the current intellectual property law in the UK.


When was the Copyright Design and Patent Act first introduced?

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.


What is the name that covers copyright?

Copyright law is a subset of Intellectual Property (IP) law.


How can employees deal with copyright designs and patents act 1998?

Although the copyright act limits what can be used without a license, much of the act consists of exceptions to the exclusive rights it gives to content owners. How employees interact with the act varies significantly by the nature of the business.


What website breaks the copyright designs and patents act?

There are hundreds of thousands of infringing websites. Sites allowing the unlicensed streaming or download of current movies are probably the most prominent.


What is the law you are breaching in copyright?

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What is the name of the act?

In the UK, it is the Copyright, Designs, and Patent Act 1988.