CC licenses and "moral rights"
Henri Sivonen
hsivonen at iki.fi
Fri Mar 25 14:59:53 EST 2005
On Mar 25, 2005, at 16:07, drew Roberts wrote:
> So, copyright exists on classical works in your country or do moral
> rights
> exist even in the absence of copyrights?
In Finland, moral rights exist for classical works whose copyright has
been expired.
> Do moral rights ever expire? When do they pass from the keeping of the
> estate and heirs to teh Academy?
In Finland, the Ministry of Education can exercise the moral rights
related to classical works deemed of cultural importance. I am not sure
about direct descendants of the original author.
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Henri Sivonen
hsivonen at iki.fi
http://hsivonen.iki.fi/
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