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.

-- 
Henri Sivonen
hsivonen at iki.fi
http://hsivonen.iki.fi/




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