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Question: How do moral rights differ from other rights in copyright? Critically discuss particularly in the context of multi media work.
Answer: Copyright can be thought of as a bundle of economic rights and moral rights. The basic framework of these rights is statutory, although the explanatory case law is of great importance. Copyright can cover many types of creative effort. These may include literary, musical and dramatic works, artistic work (including graphic and photographs), sound recordings, films, broadcasts and cablecasts and the typographical format of certain published editions. Several copyrights may subsist simultaneously in a single catalogue item, and care should be taken to establish the exact nature and ownership of each. Skill, labour and judgement are the main prominence of copyright. As held in Cramp v Smythson (1947), it was held that if there are 2 or more people claiming for breach of copyright, it m......(short extract)
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Details: - Mark: 63% | Course: Intellectual Property Law | Year: 1st | Words: 2017 | References: Yes | Date written: Not available | Date submitted: October 19, 2008 | Coursework ID: 127
