Moral Rights - Principles, Practices and New Technology

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Description
The moral rights doctrine is based on the idea that the author has a special relationship with his creative work. These rights acquired international legitimacy in the form of the Berne Convention on copyright. Though moral rights belong to the author, their implications extend far beyond the author. Due to their social and cultural implications, the concept of moral rights has been used as an instrument of cultural policy in some countries, mainly for the protection of cultural heritage.
However, the traditional concept needs serious reassessment and clarification in the current scenario, especially digital, where a work can be endlessly transmitted, modified, reshaped, and integrated in other works. Apart from this, the technological modes and methods of such dissemination, which are themselves 'literary works', overlap with the rights to the original work, thus compounding the problem over rights and interests.
This book comprehensively examines this crucial domain, drawing on examples from the legislation and practice of key jurisdictions around the world. The book also suggests ways in which the concept of moral rights can contribute to the reorganization of the copyright laws in a digital context.
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Contents
1.    Introduction : Moral Rights in the Virtual Age
2.    Moral Rights : History of an Idea
3.    A Theory in Flux : The Evolution in Progress of Moral Rights
4.    Moral Rights in the International Copyright Regime
5.    The Programmer as Author : Moral Rights in Infomation Technology
6.    More than Musicians: Moral Rights and Digital Issues in Music
7.    Twenty-First Century Classics: Film and the Complexities of the Collaborative Work
8.    The Virtual Museum : Moral Rights in Art and Artefacts
9.    Friends or Enemies? Moral Rights and Open Access
10.  Conclusion : Moral Rights and the Future of Copyright Law
Index
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Author Details
Mira T. Sundara Rajan   is the Canada Research Chair in Intellectual Property Law, and Director, Intellectual Property Law Program, University of British Columbia. She collaborates regularly with the European Union bodies such as Council of Europe, and with a number of patent offices in EU countries. She is an expert on Indian and Russian copyright law.
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