What are the moral rights of the author?
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Last Update a year ago
Moral rights protect the author’s personal and reputational relationship to the work. These rights cannot be transferred or waived. Moral rights are:
Right of first publication - the author has the right to decide when and how his work will be published.
Right of attribution - the author can decide whether and how authorship should be indicated, including the use of a real name, pseudonym, initials, or other label.
Right to the integrity of the work - the author’s work may not be modified, distorted, or otherwise altered in a way that would prejudice the author’s reputation or personality. Example: Adding a drawn mustache to a portrait without the author’s consent.
Right of withdrawal / right to revoke - the author may withdraw the work from circulation under certain serious moral grounds. The author must compensate any rightholders of economic rights affected by the withdrawal. Example: an author discovers errors in a textbook and wishes to prevent further distribution to avoid spreading disinformation. The right of withdrawal/right to revoke does not affect copies already distributed or sold. The author cannot demand the return of books or other works that have already been sold, donated, or otherwise legally transferred.