Protection of Copyright in Cyberspace in National Law and International Documents

Development of information technology and entrance to digital millennium confronted Copyright system with some serious challenges so that in some cases, protection of creators of digital works and protection of artistic and literary works in digital and cyber space and performance of this works in that space is in doubt. In order to removing this concerns and protection of copyright and related rights in digital environment, some national and international efforts have been done.In some international documents and national laws, it is attempted to exempt this intermediates from liability for some infringement of copyrights because of nature of some their special activities and foreseen some legal exemptions for them.