AUTHOR’S RIGHT

author’s  right.Copyright.  The  system  of  protecting  the  moral  and  economic  rights  of  the

creator  of  a  work,  esp.  in  civil-law  countries.  —  Also  termed  (in  French)  droit  d’auteur;  (in

German) Urheberrecht; (in Italian) diritto d’ autore; (in Spanish) derecho de autor.

“[O]n almost every point of consequence, the traditions of copyright and author’s right are far

more  alike  than  they  are  unlike.  One  reason  is  that  the  Berne  Convention  bridges  the  two

traditions, with the result that its extensive minimum standards have dictated substantively similar

rules for countries in both camps.” Paul Goldstein, In-ternational Copyright: Principles, Law, and

Practice 4 (2001).[Blacks Law 8th]