section_path: Law/Copyright/United Kingdom
section_name: United Kingdom
paragraph_text: United Kingdom
  
  Literary works have been protected by copyright law from unauthorized reproduction since at least 1710. Literary works are defined by copyright law to mean "any work, other than a dramatic or musical work, which is written, spoken or sung, and accordingly includes (a) a table or compilation (other than a database), (b) a computer program, (c) preparatory design material for a computer program, and (d) a database."
  
  Literary works are all works of literature; that is all works expressed in print or writing (other than dramatic or musical works).