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Question: The Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988
Answer: The Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988 was implemented to protect the creator of an original work. Copyright prevents plagiarism and unfair exploitation of a person’s work and allows the creator to commercially exploit his/her work. The owner of the copyright has the exclusive right in the UK to: make copies of the work; issue copies to the public; perform the work in public; broadcast the work on terrestrial and cable programmes; to adapt or translate the work. (Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. S.16(1)) Copyright only exists if there is a connection between the work and the UK or a country that gives reciprocal rights through either the Berne Copyright Convention or the Universal Copyright Convention...(short extract)
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- Subject: Law
- Course: Intellectual Property Law
- Level: Degree
- Year: 2nd/3rd
- Mark: 63%
- Words: 2605
- Date submitted: February 07, 2009
- Date written: Not available
- References: Yes
- Document type: Essay*
- Essay ID: 678
