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... world of commerce." "Moral Rights" is the English translation of the French phrase "droit moral". Moral rights differ from copyright. Copyright protects property rights, which entitles authors to publish and economically benefit from their published works. Moral rights safeguard personal and reputation rights, which permit authors to defend both the integrity of their works and the use of their names. There are four such rights; the first is the right for the author of a work to be acknowledged, as the creator of that work, this is the so-called paternity test2. The second right, which applies whether you have created anything or not, is the right to object to your name being attributed3 to something you did not create. Thirdly is the right not to have your work subjected to treatment or amendment that damages your integrity4 or reputation and fourthly the right to privacy5 of certain kinds of photographs and films.6 The ...
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