The Statute of Anne (1710) was the first law on copyright in the UK. In recent times, its continued influence on regulations in the early 21st century have been addressed.
The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 is the main statute that governs copyright law in the UK. On 1 June 2014, this was amended by the following regulations
Guidance on further changes implemented on 1 October 2014 has been created by the Intellectual Property Office and can be found at: These include a new exception to copyright for parody caricature, pastiche and improvements to rules on how you can use quotations was implemented. This allows the limited use of copyright material without the permission of the copyright holder, but only to the extent that the use is fair and proportionate. The changes allow much more freedom in copyright law for third parties to use copyright works for a variety of economically and/or socially valuable purposes, without the need to seek permission from copyright owners. At the same time, the changes are also supposed to protect the interests of copyright owners. An unofficial consolidation of the Act and recent changes can be found in an illustrative revised draft of the law deposited in the libraries of the Houses of Parliament. See illustrative draft of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (PDF, 2.94MB, 319 pages) |
Copyright exemptions
Official Guidance
Exemptions to copyright protection relate to the following categories
This is a useful official publication
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The Artist’s Resale Right (ARR) entitles creators (‘authors’) of original works of art (including paintings, engravings, sculpture and ceramics) to a royalty each time one of their works is resold through an auction house or art market professional. The right to this royalty lasts for the same period as copyright, so since January 2012 ARR has applied to qualifying works by artists who have been dead for less than 70 years.
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