Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1998

Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1998
Copyright protects your work and stops others from using it without permission.
Copyright protection is automatic when the following is created.
Original literary,dramatic,musical and artistic work,
including illustration and photography,
original non-literary written work,such as software,web content and databases
sound and music recordings
film and television recordings
broadcasts
the layout of published editions of written,dramatic and musical works
Copyright prevents a person from
copying your work
distributing copies of it,whether free of charge or for sale renting or lending copies of your work
performing,showing or playing your work in public
making an adaptation of your work
putting it on the Internet