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Re: CC licenses and "moral rights"

From: drew Roberts <zotz AT 100jamz.com>
To: Discussion on the Creative Commons license drafts <cc-licenses AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: CC licenses and "moral rights"
Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 08:59:34 -0500

On Friday 25 March 2005 06:07 am, Peter Brink wrote:
> drew Roberts skrev:
> > OK,
> >
> > so in my country and I understand in the US you can face jail time for
> > copyright violations.
> >
> > How do things work in moral rights countries?
> >
> > If I build on a person's CC work that permits derivatives? They can bring
> > a suit on morals rights. Can I face jail for violating their moral
> > rights?
>
> No - at least not where I live (which is Sweden). Moral rights is a
> civil law matter.
>
That is good to know. Aare all other copyrights violations also only civil
matters, or are any criminal?

What are things like in other moral rights countries?

all the best,

drew

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