As copyright protects any intellectual property, it ensures that material cannot be copied or altered without the copyright holder’s permission.

Copyright does not need to be officially registered: creating a work is enough to protect it.

Copyright, Designs and Patents Act (CDPA) 1988 is the current copyright law in the UK. In 2014, several changes were made to this law to help teachers and lecturers deliver multimedia teaching without the risk of copyright infringement.

The CDPA aligns with the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works to ensure international protection and homogenisation.

The law offers exceptions to copyright, allowing certain very specific situations where you may be permitted limited use of copyright works without the copyright owner’s permission.

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