2009/1/23 Mike Godwin <[email protected]>: > Thomas Dalton writes: > >>> 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. > > I understand what the *rhetoric* of moral rights is. But in the > absence of law establishing and protecting moral rights, you don't > have any. > [snip]
There is a world outside the legal profession, Mike. Either learn that, or restrict the recipients of your emails to other lawyers. I, for one, don't care about your extremely narrow minded views. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
