Moral Rights

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Moral rights are the:

• Right of attribution of authorship – The author has the right to be identified as the author of the work or film when it is presented to the public. The attribution must be reasonably clear and prominent.
• Right against false attribution of authorship – The author has the right not to have their work attributed falsely to someone else and not to have an altered work being attributed as unaltered.
• Right of integrity of authorship – The author has the right to have the integrity of their work respected and not subjected to derogatory treatment. A treatment is derogatory if it in some way prejudicially affects the honour or reputation of the author.

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