COMPUTER ETHICS AND SECURITY
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS AND PRIVACY
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Question
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Describe what is widely considered to be the first copyright law.
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Grant ownership rights to individual authors
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Statue of Anne
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Publishers or printers
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All answer
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Consisting of 11 sections, the Statute of Anne is formally titled “An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by Vesting the Copies of Printed Books in the Authors or Purchasers of Copies, during the Times therein mentioned".
Detailed explanation-2: -Copyright law originated in the United Kingdom from a concept of common law; the Statute of Anne 1709. It became statutory with the passing of the Copyright Act 1911. The current act is the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Statute of Anne prohibited unauthorised reproduction of books and was the genesis of modern copyright.
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