[Foundation-l] What's appropriate attribution?

[Jussi-Ville Heiskanen]

John at Darkstar wrote:
>> As I understand it, the "paternity right" in the
>> Finnish section on moral rights in law, implies
>> that publication without attribution, can happen
>> with explicit permission of the author, but the
>> author can rescind that permission at any time.
>>
>>
>> Yours,
>>
>> Jussi-Ville Heiskanen
>>
>>     
>
> In Norway a few news wire companies does not attribute the journalists,
> and it seems to be legal, but it is claimed at least by one person to be
> due to their employment by the company. Then they transfers the rights
> to the company. I can't see how a license could make the same thing
> happen, but this would work somehow.
>
> Note also that in Norway a principal author can make decissions against
> the coauthors will
>
> John
>   

There is recent case law on this point in Finland, where it
was found that being a director of the movie did not make
it legal to make significant alterations to a movie manuscript
when shooting the movie, against the wishes of the
scriptwriter. [1] I understand that would be a shocking
result in Hollywood.

[1] "Riisuttu Mies" (the movie was given a stiff fine, and theatrical
distribution was forbid, though the scriptwriter has allowed
television showings and video distribution)


Yours,

Jussi-Ville Heiskanen