ATTRIBUTION RIGHT

attribution right.Copyright. A  person’s right to be  credited as a work’s author, to have  one’s

name appear in connection with a work,  or to forbid the use of  one’s name in connection  with a

work that the  person  did not create. • Attribution rights constitute  one aspect of the  moral rights

recognized  primarily  in  civil-law  countries.  Under  the  Visual  Artists  Rights  Act  of  1990,  the

creators  of  a  very  limited  class of  works —  called  works  of  visual  art —  have  certain  statutory

attribution rights. 17 USCA § 106A. Under the Berne Convention Implementation Act, attribution

rights afforded foreign copyright owners may be enforceable in the U.S. — Also termed rights of

attribution;  paternity;  maternity.  Cf.  INTEGRITY  RIGHT; MORAL  RIGHT.  [Cases:  Copyrights

and Intellectual Property    36. C.J.S. Copyrights and Intellectual Property §§ 10, 40–41, 97.][Blacks Law 8th]