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Moral Rights

Principles, Practice and New Technology

by (author) Mira T. Sundara Rajan

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Initial publish date
Feb 2011
Category
General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780195390315
    Publish Date
    Feb 2011
    List Price
    $265.00

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The doctrine of moral rights is based on the idea that authors have a special bond with their own creative work. At present, the legal status of moral rights demands clarification and assessment as never before, as the international expansion of moral rights occurs in the new environment of digital technology. Just as the survival of copyright law depends on its capacity to adapt effectively to the new technological environment, a new approach to moral rights is also necessary. Moral Rights: Principles Practice and New Technology is the first work to comprehensively address the role of moral rights in an environment of digital technology, identifying the challenges confronting moral rights in a digital environment. The challenges are addressed in both practical and theoretical terms, and examples drawn from the legislation and practice of key jurisdictions around the world. Moral Rights concludes with a consideration of how the concept of moral rights can contribute to the re-shaping of copyright law in a digital context.

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Contributor Notes

Mira Rajan is the Canada Research Chair in Intellectual Property Law and Director of the Intellectual Property Law Program at the University of British Columbia. She has published widely on copyright issues, including a scholarly book (Copyright and Creative Freedom, Routledge 2006). Her work is also well-known in the European Union, where she collaborates regularly with European Union bodies such as the Council of Europe, and with a number of patent offices in EU countries. She is also the editor of OUP's Intellectual Property: Eastern Europe and the CIS, and is an expert on Indian and Russian copyright law.