Copyright law originated in the UK. It became statutory with the passing of the Copyright Act 1911. The current act is the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
Types of work protected:
1. Song lyrics
2. Manuscripts
3. Manuals
4. Computer programs
5. Commercial documents
6. Leaflets
7. Newsletters
8. Articles
9. Plays
10. Dance routines
11. Scripts
12. Recordings
13. Score
14. Photography
15. Paintings
16. Sculptures
17. Architecture
18. Technical drawings/diagrams
19. Maps
20. Logos
21. Magazines
22. Periodicals
23. Sound recordings of other's work (with permission)
24. Video footage
25. Films
26. Broadcasts
27. Cable programs
The law gives creators of any of the above rights to control the ways in which their material may be used. The rights cover: public performances and broadcasts, copying, adapting, issuing, renting and lending copies to the public.
Allowed acts:
This is a legal way to breach the copyright law as long as the secondary author doesn't infringe the work or claim it to be their own:
1. Private and research studies
2. Performance, copies or lending for educational purposes
3. Criticism and news reporting
4. Incidental inclusion
5. Copies and lending by librarians
6. Acts for the purposes of royal commissions, statutory enquiries, judicial proceedings and parliamentary purposes
7. Playing sound recordings for a non profit-making organisation
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