MORAL RIGHTS UNDER EU COPYRIGHT LAW

Abstract

Moral rights have a long history of being left aside, or even ignored altogether, in comparison to their patrimonial counterparts in copyright law. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the legal framework of moral rights, both in national copyright law and international law, with an emphasis on EU regulations (or, rather, lack thereof). We will present possible reasons why EU law has avoided this subject until now, with both advantages and disadvantages of this evasive approach. We will continue with suggestions de lege ferenda which could bridge the gap between national and international regulations, with EU law in between.

Keywords

• moral rights
• copyright
• patrimonial rights
• european law
• berne convention