Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988

Made: 15-11-1988 | Laid: 15-11-1988 | Forced: 15-11-1988

Overview


Copyright arises when an individual or organisation creates a work, and applies to a work if it is regarded as original, and exhibits a degree of labour, skill or judgement. The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 is the current UK copyright law. It gives the creators of literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works the right to control the ways in which their material may be used, distributed and sold. The rights cover:

  • Broadcast and public performance
  • Copying
  • Adapting 
  • Issuing 
  • Renting
  • Lending copies to the public

In many cases, the creator will also have the right to be identified as the author and to object to distortions of his work. The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 was imposed to restate the law of copyright, with amendments; to make fresh provision as to the rights of performers and others in performances: 

  • To confer a design right in original designs
  • To amend the Registered Designs Act 1949
  • To make provision with respect to patent agents and trade mark agents 
  • To confer patents and designs jurisdiction on certain county courts; to amend the law of patents
  • To make provision with respect to devices designed to circumvent copy-protection of works in electronic form
  • To make fresh provision penalising the fraudulent reception of transmissions
  • To make the fraudulent application or use of a trade mark an offence
  • To enable financial assistance to be given to certain international bodies; and for connected purposes

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