This is a list of copyright acts, which are

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s enacting the

copyright A copyright is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the exclusive right to copy, distribute, adapt, display, and perform a creative work, usually for a limited time. The creative work may be in a literary, artistic, educatio ...

Afghanistan

*The law on the support the right of authors, composers, artists and researchers (Copy Right Law) enacted in 2008.

Argentina

* Article 17º

Constitution of Argentina The Constitution of the Argentine Nation ( es, Constitución de la Nación Argentina) is the basic governing document of Argentina, and the primary source of existing law in Argentina. Its first version was written in 1853 by a constitutional ...

, 1853 * National Law 9.141, 1913 * National Law 11.723, 1933

Australia

Australian Copyright Act 1968 The copyright law of Australia defines the legally enforceable rights of creators of creative and artistic works under Australian law. The scope of copyright in Australia is defined in the ''Copyright Act 1968'' (as amended), which applies the ...

Austria

* * Urheberrechtsgesetz (Austria), the Copyright Act of Austria

Azerbaijan

* Law on Copyright and Related Rights (Azerbaijan)

Canada

Copyright Act of Canada The ''Copyright Act'' of Canada is the federal statute governing copyright law in Canada. It is jointly administered by the Department of Industry Canada and the Department of Canadian Heritage. The ''Copyright Act'' was first passed in 1921 and s ...

Chile

People's Republic of China

* Copyright Law of the PRC

Croatia

Copyright and Related Rights Act A copyright is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the exclusive right to copy, distribute, adapt, display, and perform a creative work, usually for a limited time. The creative work may be in a literary, artistic, education ...

(2003)

Czech Republic

* Copyright Act (Czech Republic).

Egypt

* Copyright law of Egypt

El Salvador

Copyright law of El Salvador The Copyright law of El Salvador is legal rights to creative and artistic works under the laws of El Salvador. It was implemented in the Decree No. 604 of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador on 16 of August 1993. This law aims to protect the eco ...

European Union

Computer Programs Directive The European Union Computer Programs Directive controls the legal protection of computer programs under the copyright law of the European Union. It was issued under the internal market provisions of the Treaty of Rome. The most recent versio ...

(1991) *

Conditional Access Directive Directive 98/84/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 1998 on the legal protection of services based on, or consisting of, conditional access is a European Union directive in the field of intellectual property law, made ...

(1998) * Counterfeit goods regulation (2003) * Copyright in the Digital Single Market (2019) *

Copyright Duration Directive Council Directive 93/98/EEC of 29 October 1993 harmonising the term of protection of copyright and certain related rights is a European Union directive in the field of EU copyright law, made under the internal market provisions of the Treaty o ...

(1993) *

Copyright Term Directive Directive 2006/116/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on the term of protection of copyright and certain related rights (codified version) is a consolidated version of the former EU Directive harmonising the te ...

(2006) *

Database Directive The Directive 96/9/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 1996 on the legal protection of databases is a directive of the European Union in the field of copyright law, made under the internal market provisions of the T ...

(1996) * Enforcement Directive (2004) *

Electronic Commerce Directive 2000 The e-Commerce Directive, adopted in 2000, sets up an Internal Market framework for online services. Its aim is to remove obstacles to cross-border online services in the EU internal market and provide legal certainty for businesses and consumer ...

(2000) *

Information Society Directive The Information Society Directive (familiarly when first proposed, the Copyright Directive) is a directive of the European Union that was enacted to implement the WIPO Copyright Treaty and to harmonise aspects of copyright law across Europe, ...

(2001) *

Resale Rights Directive Directive 2001/84/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 September 2001 on the resale right for the benefit of the author of an original work of art is a European Union directive in the field of copyright law, made under the int ...

(2001) * Re-use of public sector information directive (2003) *

Rental Directive Directive 92/100/EEC is a European Union directive in the field of copyright law, made under the internal market provisions of the Treaty of Rome. It creates a "rental and lending right" as a part of copyright protection, and sets out minimum s ...

(1992) *

Satellite and Cable Directive Council Directive 93/83/EEC of 27 September 1993 on the coordination of certain rules concerning copyright and rights related to copyright applicable to satellite broadcasting and cable retransmission is a European Union directive which governs ...

(1993)

Finland

* *

Copyright Act (Finland) Copyright Act (with its variations) is a stock short title used for legislation in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States relating to the copyright. The Bill for an Act with this short t ...

Lex Karpela The 2005 amendment to the Finnish Copyright Act and Criminal Code, commonly known as Lex Karpela, was an amendment to make the Finnish copyright legislation and criminal code comply with the EU Copyright Directive 2001/29/EC. It was presented to the ...

, the 2005 amendment to the Finnish Copyright Act and

Criminal Code A criminal code (or penal code) is a document that compiles all, or a significant amount of a particular jurisdiction's criminal law. Typically a criminal code will contain offences that are recognised in the jurisdiction, penalties that might ...

France

Code de la propriété intellectuelle The French Intellectual Property Code (IPC; French: ''Code de la propriété intellectuelle''), is a corpus of law relating to intellectual and industrial property. It was formalised by Law No 92-597 of 1 July 1992, replacing earlier laws relating t ...

, Intellectual Property Code *

DADVSI Loi DADVSI (generally pronounced as ''dadsi'') is the abbreviation of the French ''Loi relative au droit d’auteur et aux droits voisins dans la société de l’information'' (in English: "law on authors' rights and related rights in the infor ...

, law on

authors' rights "Author's rights" is a term frequently used in connection with laws about intellectual property. The term is considered as a direct translation of the French term ''droit d’auteur'' (also German ''Urheberrecht''). It was first (1777) promoted ...

and related rights in the information society *

HADOPI law The French HADOPI law or Creation and Internet law (french: Haute Autorité pour la Diffusion des Œuvres et la Protection des droits d'auteur sur Internet, ; or, loosely in English, "Supreme Authority for the Distribution of Works and Protection o ...

, law promoting the distribution and protection of creative works on the internet

Germany

Urheberrechtsgesetz German authors' right or ''Deutsches Urheberrecht'' is codified in the ''Gesetz über Urheberrecht und verwandte Schutzrechte'' (also referred to as ''Urhebergesetz'' or ''Urheberrechtsgesetz'' and abbreviated ''UrhG''). An official translation ...

, the Copyright Act of Germany

Greece

* Copyright law of Greece

Hong Kong

Copyright Act 1956 The Copyright Act 1956 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which received its royal assent on 5 November 1956. The Copyright Act 1956 expanded copyright law in the UK and was passed in order to bring copyright law of the United ...

(UK legislation, applies to works made before 27 July 1997) * Copyright Ordinance 1997 (applies to works made after 27 July 1997)

India

*The Copyright Act, 1957

Iran

* Copyright Act (Iran) *

Ireland

Japan

* Copyright Act (Japan)

Jordan

* Copyright Act (Jordan)

Malaysia

Copyright law of Malaysia The basic law of copyright in Malaysia is under the Copyright Act 1987 which came into force on 1 December 1987. The law has undergone various significant updates since then, with amendments to the Act taking effect in 1990, 1999, 2000 and 2003.

Nepal

* The Copyright Act, 2022 (1965) * The Copyright Act, 2059 (2002), current copyright law of Nepal ** Some Nepal Acts relating to Export and Import and Intellectual Property Act, 2063 (2006)

Netherlands

* Auteurswet

New Zealand

Copyright Act 1994 The Copyright Act 1994 is an Act of Parliament passed in New Zealand that, along with its various amendments, governs copyright in New Zealand. It is administered by Intellectual Property Policy Unit of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and ...

Pakistan

Copyright legislation in Pakistan A copyright is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the exclusive right to copy, distribute, adapt, display, and perform a creative work, usually for a limited time. The creative work may be in a literary, artistic, education ...

Philippines

Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines A copyright is the legal protection extended to the owner of the rights in an original work. Original work refers to every production in the literary, scientific, and artistic domains. The Intellectual Property Office (IPOPHL) is the leading agenc ...

Poland

Copyright Act (Poland) Copyright Act (with its variations) is a stock short title used for legislation in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States relating to the copyright. The Bill for an Act with this short t ...

Russia

* Part IV of the

Civil Code of Russia The Civil Code of the Russian Federation (russian: Гражданский кодекс Российской Федерации, frequently abbreviated 'ГК РФ') is the prime source of civil law for the Russian Federation. The Russian Civil Law ...

Slovakia

* Copyright Act (Slovakia)

Singapore

* Copyright Act (Singapore) 2014

Serbia

The Law on Copyright and Related Rights (Serbia) The Serbian copyright act ( sr, Закон о ауторском и сродним правима) was published as the copyright act of Serbia and Montenegro on 24 December 2004, and it remains in force after the country's split under the "Declara ...

South Africa

* Copyright Act, 1978 ** Copyright Amendment Act, 1983 ** Copyright Amendment Act, 1984 ** Copyright Amendment Act, 1986 ** Copyright Amendment Act, 1988 ** Copyright Amendment Act, 1989 ** Copyright Amendment Act, 1992 ** Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Act, 1997 ** Copyright Amendment Act, 2002

Spain

* Ley de Propriedad Intelectual

Suriname

*Law of 22 March 1913 laying down new rules on Copyright (G.B. 1913 No. 15), as it stands after the amendments thereto in G.B. 1915 No. 78, G.B. 1946 No. 2, G.B. 1946 No. 77, G.B. 1959 No. 76, S.B. 1980 No. 116, S.B. 23, 1981.

Switzerland

Urheberrechtsgesetz (Switzerland) German authors' right or ''Deutsches Urheberrecht'' is codified in the ''Gesetz über Urheberrecht und verwandte Schutzrechte'' (also referred to as ''Urhebergesetz'' or ''Urheberrechtsgesetz'' and abbreviated ''UrhG''). An official translation ...

, the Copyright Act of Switzerland

Tajikistan

* Law on Copyright and Related rights of Republic of Tajikistan

Thailand

* Copyright law of Thailand

Turkey

* Law on Intellectual and Artistic Works

United Kingdom

* Statute of Anne or Copyright Act 1710, the first copyright Act of the United Kingdom *The Copyright Acts 1734 to 1888 is the

collective title A collective title is an expression by which two or more pieces of legislation may, under the law of the United Kingdom, be cited together. A famous example is the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949. Construction of references to citation with a group ...

of the following Acts:Authorised by the

Short Titles Act 1896 The Short Titles Act 1896 (59 & 60 Vict c 14) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It replaces the Short Titles Act 1892. This Act was retained for the Republic of Ireland by section 2(2)(a) of, and Part 4 of Schedule 1 to, the ...

, section 2(1) and Schedule 2. **The

Engraving Copyright Act 1734 The Engraving Copyright Act 1734 or Engravers' Copyright Act (8 Geo.2 c.13) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain first read on 4 March 1734/35 and eventually passed on 25 June 1735 to give protections to producers of engravings. It is al ...

(8 Geo 2 c 13) **The Engraving Copyright Act 1766 (7 Geo 3 c 38) **The

Copyright Act 1775 A copyright is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the exclusive right to copy, distribute, adapt, display, and perform a creative work, usually for a limited time. The creative work may be in a literary, artistic, education ...

(15 Geo 3 c 53) **The Prints Copyright Act 1777 (17 Geo 3 c 57) **The Sculpture Copyright Act 1814 (54 Geo 3 c 56) **The

Dramatic Copyright Act 1833 Dramatic may refer to: * Drama, a literary form involving parts for actors * Dramatic, a voice type classification in European classical music, describing a specific vocal weight and range at the lower end of a given voice part * Dramatic soprano, ...

(3 & 4 Will 4 c 15) **The

Lectures Copyright Act 1835 A lecture (from Latin ''lēctūra'' “reading” ) is an oral presentation intended to present information or teach people about a particular subject, for example by a university or college teacher. Lectures are used to convey critical inform ...

(5 & 6 Will 4 c 65) **The

Prints and Engravings Copyright (Ireland) Act 1836 In molecular biology, the PRINTS database is a collection of so-called "fingerprints": it provides both a detailed annotation resource for protein family, protein families, and a diagnostic tool for newly determined sequences. A fingerprint is a gr ...

(6 & 7 Will 4 c 59) **The

Copyright Act 1836 A copyright is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the exclusive right to copy, distribute, adapt, display, and perform a creative work, usually for a limited time. The creative work may be in a literary, artistic, education ...

(6 & 7 Will 4 c 110) **The

Copyright Act 1842 The Copyright Act 1842 (5 & 6 Vict. c. 45) was an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom, which received the Royal Assent on 1 July 1842 and was repealed in 1911. It revised and consolidated the copyright law of the United Kingdom. It was one of t ...

(5 & 6 Vict c 45) **The Colonial Copyright Act 1847 (10 & 11 Vict c 95) **The

Fine Arts Copyright Act 1862 Fine may refer to: Characters * Sylvia Fine (''The Nanny''), Fran's mother on ''The Nanny'' * Officer Fine, a character in ''Tales from the Crypt'', played by Vincent Spano Legal terms * Fine (penalty), money to be paid as punishment for an off ...

(25 & 26 Vict c 68) **The

Copyright (Musical Compositions) Act 1882 A copyright is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the exclusive right to copy, distribute, adapt, display, and perform a creative work, usually for a limited time. The creative work may be in a literary, artistic, educatio ...

(45 & 46 Vict c 40) **The Copyright (Musical Compositions) Act 1888 (51 & 52 Vict c 17) *

Copyright Act 1911 The Copyright Act 1911, also known as the Imperial Copyright Act of 1911, was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (UK) which received Royal Assent on 16 December 1911. The act established copyright law in the UK and the British Empir ...

(4 & 5 Eliz 2 c 52) *

Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988c 48, also known as the CDPA, is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that received Royal Assent on 15 November 1988. It reformulates almost completely the statutory basis of copyright law ( ...

, current copyright law of the United Kingdom

United States

Copyright Act of 1790 The Copyright Act of 1790 was the first federal copyright act to be instituted in the United States, though most of the states had passed various legislation securing copyrights in the years immediately following the Revolutionary War. The ...

International Copyright Act of 1891 The International Copyright Act of 1891 (, March 3, 1891) is the first U.S. congressional act that extended limited protection to foreign copyright holders from select nations. Formally known as the "International Copyright Act of 1891", but more ...

Copyright Act of 1909 The Copyright Act of 1909 () was a landmark statute in United States statutory copyright law. It went into effect on July 1, 1909. The 1909 Act was repealed and superseded by the Copyright Act of 1976, which went into effect on January 1, 1978; ...

* Copyright Act of 1976 *

Digital Millennium Copyright Act The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) is a 1998 United States copyright law that implements two 1996 treaties of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). It criminalizes production and dissemination of technology, devices, or ...