Moral Rights: Principles, Practice and New Technology

The doctrine of moral rights is based on the idea that authors have a special bond with their own creative work.

At present, the legal status of moral rights demands clarification and assessment as never before, as the international expansion of moral rights occurs in the new environment of digital technology. Just as the survival of copyright law depends on its capacity to adapt effectively to the new technological environment, a new approach to moral rights is also necessary.

Moral Rights: Principles Practice and New Technology is the first work to comprehensively address the role of moral rights in an environment of digital technology, identifying the challenges and confronting moral rights in a digital environment. The challenges are addressed in both practical and theoretical terms, and examples drawn from the legislation and practice of key jurisdictions around the world. Moral Rights concludes with a consideration of how the concept of moral rights can contribute to the re-shaping of copyright law in a digital context.

• Comprehensive analysis of moral rights in the new and growing environment of digital technology
• Written by an expert in international copyright, patents and moral rights
• Provides practitioners with a theoretical and practical assessment of the challenges that the role of moral rights faces in a digital environment with helpful examples and a look toward the future of the concept if moral rights as applied to copyright law