The Copyright Act 1956 was an Act of Parliament, 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.
The entire act was repealed by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.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
External links
United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1956
1956 in law
United Kingdom copyright law
Copyright legislation
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