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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.
The actual act varies from country to country. For example, in the US it is United States Code Title 17, and in the UK it is the Copyright Design and Patents Act.
In the US, "copyright law" refers to Title 17 of the United States Code, simply called "Copyrights." In the UK, it means the Copyright, Design, and Patents Act of 1988, called the Copyright Act for short.
Currently, action is being taken against TorrentFreak for copyright infringement.
To the extent that any law can be called "trustworthy," yes. The intent of the Copyright Design and Patents Act 1988 is to encourage creativity by protecting the rights of creators.
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.
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The Copyright Act 1957 is an outdated Indian copyright law.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.
In the US the Copyright act is titled "Copyright Law of the United States" and is contained in Title 17 of the United States Code. The most recent major revision is the Copyright Act of 1976 however there have been significant amendments since that date. Of these, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) of 1998, The Copyright Royalty and Distribution Reform Act of 2004, and the Intellectual Property Protection and Courts Amendments Act of 2004 are the most noteworthy.
The Copyright Act 1965 is an outdated UK copyright law; the current law is the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988.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.