It varies from country to country. The current US act is from 1976, for example, and the current UK act is from 1988.
1988. See the link below for the complete text.
The Copyright Act 1957 is an outdated Indian copyright law. The current revision is the Copyright Act 1999.
The Copyright Act 1965 is an outdated UK copyright law; the current law is the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988.
The current UK copyright law is the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988, as amended.
The 1994 act is the copyright law of New Zealand; it was significantly updated by the Copyright (New Technologies) Amendment Act 2008.
There are 3 copyright acts and 1 significant amendment worldwide for the calendar year 2000. Ireland, Vanuatu, and Malta all passed new/updated copyright acts and Australia revised their copyright law with relation to digital media.(see below for the respective acts)
The first copyright act was written in 1709 and went into effect in 1710.
The Copyright Designs and Patents Act defines patents for computer hardware and software, and copyright on software.
In 1790, the United States Congress passed the Copyright Act. The act gave inventors and authors exclusive rights to their world for 14 years after its creation.
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.
On August 15, 2005 the Singapore Copyright Act went into force.
The Copyright Term Extension Act is also known as the Sonny Bono act.