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Moral Rights

The Berne Convention art 6 bis states that, independently of the author's Economic rights, and even after the transfer of the said rights, the author shall have the right to claim authorship of the work, and object to any distortion, mutilation or other modification of, or other derogatory action in relation to, his/her own work, that would be prejudicial to his/her honour or reputation.

Moral rights are therefore personal to the author. Sections 77–79 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA 1988), provide that the authors of copyright literary, dramatic, musical or artistic works and the directors of copyright film works have the right:

1. •

   to be identified as author or director (the right of paternity)

2. •

   to object to derogatory