A further point on moral rights is that, unlike copyright, they remain
with the creator and cannot be transferred/sold/subdivided etc. as
copyright can.
Grassby Joslyn
<jmg[_at_]ITS.NLC-BNC.CA>
> From: cni-copyright
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: Re: Copyright of laws
> Date: Wednesday, November 23, 1994 11:18AM
>
>
> Moral rights are a part of copyright and instead of protecting the
> reproduction from and compensation for the reproduction of a creation,
> moral rights protect the honour and reputation of the creator and
> therefore any changes to a work that may be "prejudicial to the honour
> or reputation of the creator." It also ensures that authors can claim
> authorship with their work. These rights of integrity and paternity are
> the two basic rights found in the leading convention on copyright, the
> Berne Convention. The U.K. statute as well as other copyright laws have
> at least these moral rights. The u.S. on the other hand has minimum
> moralrights in their copyright statute (primarily for fine artists) and
> claims that other laws for passing off, defamation, etc. protect the
> moral rights of the author. This is a somewhat controversial position.
>
> Let me know if you have further questions on this issue. Also, if you
> have any interesting quotes on moral rights, please pass them along as
> I write on various copyright issues and alwys like to include
> interesting quotes.
>
>
> Lesley Harris (Author of "Canadian Copyright Law" published by
> McGraw-Hill in 1992.)
> <harris[_at_]nicco.sscnet.ucla.edu>
>
>
> On Tue, 22 Nov 1994, Charles E. Keller wrote:
> >
> > The first time i saw the words `moral right' printed in a verso
> > i thot it was either a "joke" or marketing hype... i gather that
> > it is something serious? (excuse my ignorance of the law--but since
> > UK law is copyright protected i guess i can be excused?) <Grin>
> >
> > For example:
> > `_Rumpole a la Carte_ by John Mortimer
> > (C) Avanpress Ltd. 1990
> > The moral right of the author has been asserted'
> >
> > Perhaps someone would enlighten us as to what this legal "right"
> > is, how it might be violated, and its intended purpose. I assume
> > this is not a form of intellectual property created by Jerry Falwell
> > et. al. since it appears to be UK law. ;-)
> >
> > Any thoughts as to why the US objects to "moral rights" might be
> > interesting as well.
> >
> > Charles Keller (non-lawyer)
> > <keller[_at_]Ra.MsState.Edu>
> >
> >
> > >From cni-copyright[_at_]cni.org Mon Nov 21 14:34:33 1994
> > >From: Paul Robinson <PAUL[_at_]tdr.com>
> > >
> > >either. For example, the U.S. *specifically* objected to the "Moral
> > >Rights" provisions of the treaty in its accession to the treaty, with
> > >Teddy Kennedy sneaking adherence to the Moral Rights clause into some
> > >other unrelated bill that was signed by President Bush.
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