[Cdn-DMCA] Derivative works: "Moral rights" and "Monopoly privilege"

[Kristofer Coward]

On Thu, Apr 04, 2002 at 05:37:26PM -0800, Chris Brand wrote:
> > I think it'd be harder than you think to separate the "fame" and
> > "fortune" rights (i.e. Moral vs. Monopoly).
> I think one of the key problems is that nobody does separate the two.
> If you go to someone and say "I feel that authors should be recognized
> for what they wrote for the rest of their lives plus 50 years", I suspect
> that most people would agree with you. The problem is that the way that
> ends up being legislated is that they get a monopoly right for that
> duration. We need to break that tie. If we can do so, then it becomes
> much harder to justify term extensions for monopoly privileges.

I think the moral right to be regognised as the author of a work
extends indefinitely. Case in point: I'm not about to get away with
claiming authorship of the Odes, the Iliad, the Odyssey, or even the
epic of Gilgamesh.

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