Re: About social balances

[Benno]

On Mon Nov 07, 2005 at 17:06:07 +0100, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
>At Mon, 07 Nov 2005 16:53:04 +0100,
>Alfred M Szmidt wrote:
>> 
>>    It is interesting that you think so, because this makes you very
>>    European :) In European law, there is a "right by nature" for an
>>    author to control the use of his work.  This right can not be sold
>>    or forfeited.
>> 
>> Droits moraux and similar laws only applies in France and Germany; I
>> think.  I haven't see such a thing in UK, Polish or Swedish law.  And
>> I don't think it is something dictated by the EU.
>
>Thanks for the clarification.  Do you know anything about the historic
>context in which it developed, or have you pointers to papers on it?
>

Australia also has "moral rights", which essentially provides the
author the right to be recognised as the author, not have anyone
else identified as the author and to prevent others from interfering
with the integrity of the work.

From my quick reading it appears that this is part of the Berne
Convention, so I don't think it is just France and Germany.

Of course, at least in Australia, this only applies to `creative'
works, and does not cover computer programs.

Benno