[cc-community] Germany - NC/CC violation - request for help

Peter Brink peter.brink at brinkdata.se
Thu May 29 03:11:19 EDT 2008


Yuval Levy skrev:
[snip]
> 
> Peter Brink wrote:
>  > The CC licenses does not affect a copyright holders moral rights.
>  > Yuval is therefore quite correct when he expects respect for the
>  > artistic integrity of his works.
> 
> can you help me understand moral rights? is this complementary to 
> property rights (copyright)? how are they established, and how are they 
> arbitrated?
> 

See the following links for some basic information about moral rights:
* http://www.caslon.com.au/ipguide18.htm
* http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Droit_moral

> 
> Peter Brink wrote:
>  > You must prove
>  > that your and/or your work's reputation is hurt by the adaption, and
>  > the burden of proof that you have to carry is not light.
> 
> Oh, and I read only now Peter Brink's comments about adaptation. I still 
> need to read/learn more about moral rights. CAn somebody kindly point me 
> to a good reading on the web?
> 
> So if I understand correctly, if the reprojection make the horizon wavey 
>   so that it looks that I do not know how to properly take a panorama 
> shot, I can sue the adaptation as violating my reputation of somebody 
> who can get his shots straight?
> 

I would say no. You cant's sue someone for adapting your works so that 
your skills look bad. You could sue someone if they adapted your work so 
that people might think you had extreme ideas or views, for example by 
using your picture in an poster for a fascist political party.

/Peter Brink



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