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Originally Posted by tompe
Since people do not seem to know what Moral Rights are I give the wikipedia link and a quote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_rights
Notice here: "The preserving of the integrity of the work bars the work from alteration, distortion, or mutilation. Anything else that may detract from the artist's relationship with the work even after it leaves the artist's possession or ownership may bring these moral rights into play." |
Moral rights are only relevant to a very small part of humanity.
They seem fairly prevalent in parts of the EU, but in the US are generally viewed as a horrendous violation of consumer rights.
Asian countries generally treat all copyright laws as hilarious delusions of non-Asian countries, unless they can be used for some advantage.
I have no idea how Africans typically view copyright, but I cannot imagine it's a big priority in most of the continent. Same for South America - they probably follow EU-style laws in the more developed countries, but most people there that I know simply do not care about copyright.
Australians and Russians seem incredibly comfortable with violating copyright laws whenever possible, likely because they're often viewed as oppressive nonsense.
TL;DR Moral rights are really not a strong foundation to base an argument on in a multinational forum.