On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 10:31 PM, Mike Godwin <[email protected]> wrote:
> Anthony writes: > > > A legal right is recognized by law. A moral right may not be. > > This must be your own idiosyncratic application of the term "moral > right." In copyright, "moral rights" refers to inalienable legal > rights that are recognized in law. If you are in a jurisdiction that > does not recognize "moral rights," then you don't have them, by > definition. > In ethics, "A moral right is a morally justified claim. A legal right is a legally justified claim. When one uses the term "right" without specifying the nature of the justification, one usually means a moral right." ( http://www.onlineethics.org/CMS/glossary.aspx?letter=R) Confusing, perhaps, since the term "moral rights" (almost always plural) has another definition in copyright law. > > Barring a license to use my content in that way, sure. Just like a > > film > > director has a basis to demand "the last solo credit card before the > > first > > scene of the picture". > > Excuse me? Film directors don't have any legal right to such a > "credit card" (I assume you mean "credit"). They may negotiate for > such a credit through contract, but they don't have it in the absence > of a contract. > In the absence of a contract, there wouldn't be a film. And no, I mean "credit card", as in a type of "title card". It's film jargon, derived no doubt by the fact that they used to be printed on cards. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
