Development of Creative Commons licenses

[Henri Sivonen <hsivonen AT iki.fi>]

On Mar 26, 2005, at 13:49, Henri Sivonen wrote:

> The term "moral rights" does not occur in the copyright law. The term 
> is understood to mean what is called the "fatherhood right" and the 
> "respect right". These terms don't occur in the law, either. They are 
> legal jargon, but it is well understood which passages of the law 
> implement those two rights.

Here's the relevant piece of statute (article 3 of the Copyright Act, 
translated by myself):

"When a copy is made of work or a work in whole or part is made 
obtainable by the public, the author has to be indicated in such a way 
that is required by good manner.

A work shall not be modified in a way that violates the author's 
literary or artistic esteem or originality, and a work shall also not 
be made obtainable by the public in a form or context that violates the 
author in the said way.

The author can waive the right, which (s)he according to this article 
has, in a binding way only if it concerns a use of the work that [the 
use, not the work] is limited in nature and extent."

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