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Assignment on Business Law - Case Study

   

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Running head: BUSINESS LAWBusiness LawName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor note
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1BUSINESS LAW1. The Canadian law protects the moral rights that are under the Copyright Act of Canada.Moral rights are different from economic rights. Moral rights are something that is derivedfrom the reflection of an individual’s personality in her or his work. Therefore, yes, moralrights exist in copyright (Joyce et al., 2016, p.85). The rights of creators of copyrighted areusually identified under civil law jurisdictions and to some common law jurisdictions. Moralrights consist of the right of attribution and the right to have a work published anonymously.The right to the integrity of the work is also included among moral rights. Moral rightsinclude paternity rights, right to privacy of photos, derogatory treatment and false attribution.The existence of moral rights is essential since it raises a significant additional element in thenegotiation and drafting of certain agreements. Authors and directors are advised to insistupon their rights in any dealings or activities related to the copyright works. Paternity rightsare concerned with the author of a copyright literary, musical or artistic work or the directorof the copyright film and it has the right to identify being either director of the work. Aperson who takes photographs or makes a film where copyright exists has no right to makecopies of the work issued or broadcasted in public. A person should not have the right tohave a literary, musical work falsely attributed to the public as an author (Peltz-Steele, R&Clifford, 2017, p.210). The author of a copyright, artistic work or musical has the right to nothave their work that is related to derogatory treatment. However, since Abigail had sold hercopyright to Tom, her moral rights in the prints will exist. 2. Abigail’s right consists of the right to continue using her pseudonym on the prints sinceshe was the owner of the copyright. However, she had sold the copyright of her painting toTom, a publisher. Abigail did that to increase the revenue of her painting. Tom had publishedthe prints by diminishing the pseudonym but Abigail will still have the right to usepseudonym on the prints.
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