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This article is from the Anime Music FAQ, by Ru Igarashi with numerous contributions by others.

22 What Is The Actual Copyright Law?

There is no one copyright law for all nations. The Berne Treaty (see below) tries to make copyright laws of signing nations consistent and to add just enough glue to protect international works. Copyright laws of various nations can be found at these sites.

Japan

http://www.cric.or.jp/ (Japanese)

http://www.cric.or.jp/cric_e/index.html (English)

USA

http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/

Canada

http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/C-42/index.html

Australia

http://scaleplus.law.gov.au/html/pasteact/0/244/top.htm

UK

http://www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk/acts/acts1988/Ukpga_19880048_en_1.htm

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