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COPYRIGHT LAW - 23 - online involves making a copy, copyright law plays a role in nearly everything we do online.

2.2 | GLOBAL ASPECTS OF COPYRIGHT

Copyright laws vary from country to country, yet we operate in a world where media is global. Over time, there has been an effort to standardize copyright laws around the globe.

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 * Learn how the copyright laws of your country may differ from those of other countries
 * Identify major international treaties and efforts to harmonize copyright laws around the world

Although copyright laws differ from country to country, the Internet has made global distribution and sharing of copyrightable works possible with just the click of a button. What does this mean for you, when you share your works on the Internet and use works published by others outside your country? What