FAQ/What are “moral rights”?

 

{FAQ} What are “moral rights”?

Independently of an author's copyrights (economic rights), and even after the transfer of copyrights, the author has certain rights to safeguard his/her own non-economic (personal) interests; “Right to Make a Work Public,” ”Right of Attribution,” and ”Right to Integrity.”

Moreover, under the Copyright Act, the exploitation of a work in a way that is prejudicial to the honor or reputation of the author is deemed to constitute an infringement of the author's moral rights (Art.113(11)).

 

▷ Right to Make a Work Public (Art.18(1));

The author of a work which has not been made public yet has the right to make his/her work available to the public or present his/her work to the public.

 

▷ Right of Attribution (Art.19(1));

The author of a work has the right to decide whether to use his/her true name or pseudonym to indicate the name of the author on the original work or on the work at the time when a work is made available or presented to the public. Also, the author has the right to decide that the author's name should not be indicated.

 

▷ Right to Integrity (Art.20(1));

The author of a work has the right to preserve the integrity of his/her work and its title, and is not to be made to suffer any alteration, mutilation, or other modification thereto that is contrary to the author's intention.

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