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The Copyright Act 1956 (4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 74) 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 Kingdom in line with international copyright law and technological developments.[2]
The entire act was repealed by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
See also
- Statute of Anne
- Copyright Act 1842
- Copyright Act 1911
- Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
- Copyright law of the United Kingdom
- Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
References
- ^ Short title as conferred by s. 51 of the Act; the modern convention for the citation of short titles omits the comma after the word "Act"
- ^ Coyle, Michael (23 April 2002). "The History of Copyright". Lawdit. Archived from the original on 28 December 2010. Retrieved 6 March 2010.
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