2009/1/23 Mike Godwin <mnemo...@gmail.com>: > 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.
The idea behind moral rights is that they are rights that everyone has automatically and the law is just recognising that. If you are in a jurisdiction that doesn't recognise moral rights then (from that POV) you still have moral rights, the state is just immoral and doesn't enforce them. There is a fundamental difference between a right granted by law and a pre-existing right recognised by law. That difference is irrelevant in a courtroom, which is probably why you dismiss it, but there is a difference. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
