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Software piracy is against the law in India under the Indian Copyright Act of 1957. It prohibits the reproduction and distribution of software without the owner's consent. The punishment is fines or imprisonment.
The Copyright Act 1957 is an outdated Indian copyright law. The current revision is the Copyright Act 1999.
All books are copyrighted. Under US copyright law, the act of creating automatically attaches copyright.
The Copyright Act 1987 protects graphic works, photographs, sculptures, or collages, irrespective of artistic quality; a work of architecture being a building or a model for a building; or a work of artistic craftsmanship.
The Copyright Act 1965 is an outdated UK copyright law; the current law is the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988.
The Copyright Act 1994 is still in effect, although it was significantly updated by the Copyright (New Technologies) Amendment Act 2008. The duration of protection under the act varies slightly by the type of work, but is generally the life of the creator plus 50 years. See the link below for details.
Copyright was restored under the Uruguay Round Agreements Act; it is administered by SADAIC.
The current UK copyright law is the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988, as amended.
Business names are not copyrightable; they can be registered as trademarks.
The 1994 act is the copyright law of New Zealand; it was significantly updated by the Copyright (New Technologies) Amendment Act 2008.
In Canada software is protected as a literary work under the Copyright Act of Canada. Copyright is acquired automatically when an original work is generated, the creator is not required to register or mark the work with the copyright symbol in order to be protected.
The Malaysian Copyright Act of 1987 considers "fixation" to occur when "the work has been written down, recorded or otherwise reduced to material form."see related link below for full text of section 7 "Works eligible for copyright"