moral rights
- Rights primarily recognized in European countries that allow authors to claim or disclaim authorship of a work and object to modifications or use of the work that could harm their reputation
- The artist exercised his moral rights by objecting to the modification of his painting.
- The author invoked her moral rights to disclaim a poorly edited version of her novel.
- Moral rights protect authors from the misuse of their work that could damage their standing.
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