Legal Issues on Copyright and Internet

The internet creates many legal questions and the legal challenges arise out of the internet had caused concern among on-line copyright owners on how their works are being used. Some internet activities have affected the concept of copyright law. The legal issue on accessing website involve the making of transient copies that clearly affect the reproduction rights of copyright owners. The paper concerns the legal issues of accessing website and storage in RAM. It is divided into three parts which will discuss the legal issue on copyright and internet and the law at international level in the first part followed by the laws at the regional level and lastly national level in order to establish whether any of those legal provisions are appropriate to address the issue. A summary of these relevant laws will be given, stressing those provisions which may be useful in formulating laws to regulate Internet activity.