The History of Copyright on the Internet [Infographic]

The rise in digital technology and social networks has resulted in changes in how we understand copyright.

When it comes to the Internet, copyright can be a difficult thing to police. Users frequently misunderstand how copyright works, which leads to spurious legal notices in the form of status updates going viral. An infographic from WhoIsHostingThis.com hopes to clear some of this up by detailing the history of copyright on the Internet.

The first public website was launched in 1991, but there was no legislative action until 1993, when a working group on intellectual property rights was created.

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