author's moral rights

Section 20 deals with the author's moral rights, which, if infringed, may also impact on a fair dealing ruling.

Any agreement to waive an author's moral rights is null and void, although the author cannot be forced to protect his work.

- ŽNothing in this license impairs or restricts the author's moral rights.

The author's moral rights are:

Jacques Boncompain, the head of the societe's foreign department, commented: "The author's right is a moral right, and the author's moral rights remain even after they are dead."

Furthermore, the statutory language around moral rights is ambiguous, and it is conceivable that moral rights may come into contention with fair dealings provisions, in which case a balancing of an author's moral rights and a user's fair dealing rights is necessary.

Our group is voting for the resolution presented here with firm conviction because it confirms, albeit it with adaptations, the inspiration that has always characterized European legislation with regard to intellectual property, based on the protection of the author's moral rights, which there is no reason to abandon in the light of the new situation created by the information society.