INTERNATIONAL SCENARIO OF COPYRIGHT LAW AND INFRINGEMENT: AN OVERVIEW OF U.K AND U.S.A LAW

AUTHOR – AARISH HASAN, STUDENT AT AMITY UNIVERSITY NOIDA

BEST CITATION – AARISH HASAN, INTERNATIONAL SCENARIO OF COPYRIGHT LAW AND INFRINGEMENT: AN OVERVIEW OF U.K AND U.S.A LAW, INDIAN JOURNAL OF LEGAL REVIEW (IJLR), 5 (5) OF 2025, PG. 642-646, APIS – 3920 – 0001 & ISSN – 2583-2344.

Statute of Anne , 1709

The Statute of Anne, also known as the Copyright Act of 1709 8 Anne c.21 or, in full, An Act for the Encouragement of Learning by Vesting the Copies of Printed Books in the Authors or Purchasers of Such Copies, During the Times Therein Mentioned, was passed by the British Parliament in 1709. The first copyright law in the United Kingdom and the first comprehensive copyright law in the entire globe, it was named after Queen Anne of Great Britain. It was passed during the regnal year of 1709–1710, and it became effective on April 10 of the same year. ^[1]

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[1] The Statute of Anne: The First Copyright Statute , https://www.historyofinformation.com/detail.php?