The Copyright, Designs, and Patents Act of 1988 is the current intellectual property law in the UK.
The copyright law of the country in which it was created would apply.
No, England and Wales is a common-law jurisdiction.
The Law Society of England and Wales
They do, if they're not licensed.
Copyright law is a subset of Intellectual Property (IP) law.
William West has written: 'Symboleographie' -- subject(s): Conveyancing, England and Wales, England and Wales. Court of Chancery, Equity pleading and procedure, Forms (Law), Legal instruments 'Symbolaeographia' -- subject(s): Conveyancing, England and Wales, England and Wales. Court of Chancery, Equity pleading and procedure, Forms (Law), Legal composition
It varies from country to country. The first copyright law was written in England in 1709, and most contemporary laws are based on the Berne Convention of 1886.
John Exton has written: 'The Maritime Dicaeologie, Or, Sea-Jurisdiction Of England' -- subject(s): Admiralty, Maritime law, England and Wales, England and Wales. Admiralty
Yes; copyright law originated in England in 1709 under the so-called Statute of Anne.
D. M. Dean has written: 'Law-making and society in late Elizabethan England' -- subject(s): England and Wales, England and Wales. Parliament, History, Law reform, Legislation, Parliamentary practice, Relations with legislators, Sources
Yes; materials in the public domain have no protection under the copyright law.
Copyright law is a federal law, granted in the Constitution.