[Foundation-l] Moral rights

[Birgitte SB]

No one wants to attack French moral rights, or the attack the idiosyncrasies of 
any particular legal jurisdiction.  What we want to do is curate a large 
international collection of free content that will remain free content 300 years 
from now after all of us are dead and can no longer be personally vigilant 
regarding those who might try to restrict the descendants of our collected 
content from others.  What is it that you want to do?

Birgitte SB




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From: Teofilo <teofilowiki at gmail.com>
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Sent: Sun, February 27, 2011 11:02:15 AM
Subject: [Foundation-l] Moral rights

French authorship rights law:

Article L121-1
       An author shall enjoy the right to respect for his name, his
authorship and his work.
       This right shall attach to his person.
       It shall be perpetual, inalienable and imprescriptible. It may
be transmitted mortis causa to the heirs of the author.
       Exercise may be conferred on another person under the
provisions of a will.

http://195.83.177.9/code/liste.phtml?lang=uk&c=36&r=2497

"perpetual, inalienable and imprescriptible" means that they cannot be
waived. It also means that they are enshrined in French law as dearly
as human rights.


In my opinion, the people who want to attack this, are on a sloppery
slope where the next step is when they request you to waive your human
rights.

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