Bernhard R. Link wrote: > If author's rights would be introduced in the USA, this might be the > case.
Author's rights, or at least the "moral rights" idea therein, are already in US law. 17 US Code article 106A says, for example, that the author "shall have the right to prevent the use of his or her name as the author of the work of visual art in the event of a distortion, mutilation, or other modification of the work which would be prejudicial to his or her honor or reputation." This is basically what it says in article 6bis of the Berne Convention. Note that the "distortion or mutilation" has to hurt the honor or reputation of the author. Here in the Netherlands this is the case if the owner of a house decides to put up new blinds in a color the architect does not like. Arnoud -- Arnoud Engelfriet, Dutch patent attorney - Speaking only for myself Patents, copyright and IPR explained for techies: http://www.iusmentis.com/
