ABSTRACT
We saw in chapter 2 that copyright in the UK is not merely a personal licence to copy; its value lies primarily in the right to control (and if necessary, prevent) copying by others. In this chapter we will set out in detail exactly which activities a copyright owner may control in this way, and what remedies UK – and international – law provides against infringers. We will need to look in turn at the following:
• the primary ‘restricted acts’ under UK law, such as copying itself; • secondary infringements such as possession or dealing with infringing copies; • defences such as fair dealing, and the permitted acts which will not infringe; • where infringement does occur, the civil and criminal remedies available in the
UK against infringers; • the legal protection available for UK works overseas, and for foreign works here.
