Originally Posted by AdultKing

There are several laws that apply.

Firstly there is the Berne Convention.

http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/text.jsp?file_id=283698

Then each country (in some cases states) enacts it's own IP and Copyright laws.

In the USA there is the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the WIPO Copyright and Performances and Phonograms Treaties Implementation Act and this applies the WIPO Copyright Treaty and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty.