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Copyright Law 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. Copyright regulation is not universal but dependant on the country's individual set of laws. The works protected by the Copyright Act are original: literary, dramatic, musical or artistic works;...

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