moral rights

• Moral rights Copyright law

• Using Public Disclosure As the Vesting Point for Moral Rights Under the Visual Artists Rights Act

In 2010, the Court of Appeals for the First Circuit confronted the novel question of when moral rights protections vest under the Visual Artists Rights Act. In Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art Foundation, Inc. v. Büchel, the First Circuit determined that the protections of the Visual Artists Rights Act begin when a work is "created" under the Copyright Act. This Note argues that this decision harms moral rights conceptually and is likely to result in unpredictable and inconsistent decisions. This Note proposes instead that these statutory protections should vest when an artist determines that his work is complete and presents it to the public. This standard is more consistent with the history of moral rights. Additionally, public access is necessary to justify a treatment of art...

• Michigan Law Review
• Vol. 110 Nbr. 1, October 2011
• Note

• The artist as brand: toward a trademark conception of moral rights.

NOTE CONTENTS INTRODUCTION I. A BRIEF MORAL RIGHTS PRIMER A. The Berne Convention and the Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990 B. Scholarly Reactions to ...

• Yale Law Journal
• Vol. 122 Nbr. 1, October 2012

• Copyright and moral rights.

Around the world, copyright law tends to be based on either natural law or utilitarian principles or, in some countries, a combination thereof. The Eu...

• Information Outlook
• Vol. 6 Nbr. 12, December 2002

• Addressing the moral rights of design consultants.

In brief - Building owners need to consult original architects if considering renovating, adjusting or demolishing The practical effect of the moral...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• Nbr. 2012, January 2012

• Face Up to Human Rights at Home or Lose Moral Authority, Conference Warns Germany

BRUSSELS, January 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- A research team comprising of academics, political analysts, human rights activists, journalists and representatives of minority groups presented a study in Brussels Monday that seriously questions human rights violations in Germany, concluding that the country risks eroding its moral authority if it does not do more to protect fundamental rights within its own borders.

• U.S. Newswire
• January 22, 2013

• Young Mr. Rehnquist's theory of moral rights - mostly observed.

INTRODUCTION I. REHNQUIST--THE YOUNG POLITICAL PHILOSOPHER A. Looking for the Moral Basis of Rights B. Pragmatism Is No Substitute C. The Majority Is ...

• Stanford Law Review
• Vol. 58 Nbr. 6, April 2006

• Moral Rights and Government Agencies.

This Intellectual Property Update aims to provide you with a basic understanding of moral rights in order to help you ensure that your agency does not...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• Nbr. 2010, January 2010

• Moral rights protection in the United States and the effect of the Family Entertainment and Copyright Act of 2005 on U.S. international obligations.

ABSTRACT Alteration of a motion picture has become legal as a result of the Family Movie Act, an attachment to the Family Entertainment and Copyrigh...

• Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
• Vol. 39 Nbr. 1, January 2006

• In this digital ages, are we protecting tomorrow's 'masterpieces'? Protection of the moral rights of the digital graphic artist.

"Technology, like art, is a soaring exercise of the human imagination. Art is the aesthetic ordering of experience to express meanings in symbolic ter...

• Florida Bar Journal
• Vol. 81 Nbr. 9, October 2007

• The Soul of Creativity; Forging a Moral Rights Law for the United States.

ISBN: 9780804763677 TITLE: The soul of creativity; forging a moral rights law for the United States. AUTHOR: Kwall, Roberta Rosenthal. PUBLISHER: Stan...

• Reference and Research Book News
• Vol. 25 Nbr. 1, February 2010