Overview

Although copyright laws differ from country to country, the internet has made global distribution and sharing of copyrightable works possible with the click of a button. What does that mean for you when you share your works on the internet and use works published by others outside your country? What law applies to a video taken by someone from India during their travels to Kenya and then posted to YouTube? What about when that video is watched or downloaded by someone in Canada?

Copyright law is locally implemented by every country around the world. In an effort to minimise complexity, efforts have been undertaken to harmonise some of the basic elements of how copyright works across the globe.