GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

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Moral Rights
A
ideas that a copyrighted work is the expression of the personality of its author or creator
B
type of international law which protects the rights of creators or copyrighted works around the world
C
rights given to persons over the creations of their minds
D
independent firms which act as export sales departments for non-competing manufacturers
E
agreement where one company, the licensor, makes an asset available to another company, the licensee, in exchange for some form of compensation
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Moral rights flow from the fact that a literary or artistic work reflects the personality of the creator, just as much the economic rights reflects the author’s need to keep body and soul together38. Article 6ibs of the Berne Convention directs the member States to protect the moral rights of the author.

Detailed explanation-2: -Moral rights protect the author’s reputation and provide him with the right to modify or remove the work. They are assigned automatically as soon as the work is created. Moral rights maintain the relationship of the author with the work without providing any economic benefits to the author.

Detailed explanation-3: -There are three types of moral rights: right of attribution: the right of an author to be identified and named as the author of his/her work. right against false attribution: the right of an author to stop someone else being credited as the author of their work.

Detailed explanation-4: -Moral rights finds expression in Section 57 of the Copyright Act, 1957 which is in accordance with Article 6bis of the Berne Convention. They are the author’s or creator’s special right which includes the right to paternity and the right to integrity.

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