Because information compiled in a database probably doesn't satisfy the "creative" requirement of copyright, the database right is a separate law introduced in 1996 to protect the investment of building a database.
Copyright law is a federal law, granted in the Constitution.
Copyright law.
Malaysia's copyright law is Act 332, the Copyright Law of 1987. More information can be found at the link below.
No. Copyright is federal law.
The Uneasy Case for Copyright was created in 1970.
Copyright law cannot protect ideas, only the expressionof them in writing, sound, art, etc.
Neil Boorstyn has written: 'Copyright Law With Copyright Law Cumulative Supplement' 'Boorstyn on copyright' -- subject(s): Copyright
The Copyright Act 1965 is an outdated UK copyright law; the current law is the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988.
Modern copyright law is based on the Statute of Anne, 1709.
In the _Feist_ case, the U.S. Supreme Court determined that a work such as a phone book can have copyright protection in the United States on the basis of the "selection and arrangement" of data. There is extensive information on U.S. copyright law and procedures at www.copyright.gov.
Ghana adopted UK copyright law in 1911.
The current law is Copyright Act 1994 as amended.