2009/1/23 Mike Godwin <mnemonic(a)well.com>om>:
Thomas Dalton writes:
This
must be your own idiosyncratic application of the term "moral
right." In copyright, "moral rights" refers to inalienable legal
rights that are recognized in law. If you are in a jurisdiction that
does not recognize "moral rights," then you don't have them, by
definition.
The idea behind moral rights is that they are rights that everyone has
automatically and the law is just recognising that.
I understand what the *rhetoric* of moral rights is. But in the
absence of law establishing and protecting moral rights, you don't
have any.
[snip]
There is a world outside the legal profession, Mike. Either learn
that, or restrict the recipients of your emails to other lawyers. I,
for one, don't care about your extremely narrow minded views.