The UK Copyright Act of 1838 provided foreign authors who are under the colony of the United Kingdom the same right enjoyed by British citizens to own the copyright for their works. This law became the basis of international copyright law.<ref>[http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~epflugfe/McGuffey%20project/624.5.html UK International Copyright Act of 1838]</ref> | The UK Copyright Act of 1838 provided foreign authors who are under the colony of the United Kingdom the same right enjoyed by British citizens to own the copyright for their works. This law became the basis of international copyright law.<ref>[http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~epflugfe/McGuffey%20project/624.5.html UK International Copyright Act of 1838]</ref> |