[LAU] ASCAP Assails Free-Culture, Digital-Rights Groups

[Louigi Verona]

>
>
> >     The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
> >     http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr
> >
> > Being on topic with the subject of this thread ...
> >
> >     Article 27.
> >
> >     * (1) Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural
> life
> > of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific
> advancement
> > and its benefits.
> >     * (2) Everyone has the right to the protection of the moral and
> > material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic
> > production of which he is the author.
>
> A couple of points, Since 2 comes after 1 is it reasonable to hold that you
> cannot interpret 2 in a way that denies 1?
>
> Does 2 allow for the assignment of these material interests to another?
> Does
> it allow for the taking away of these material interests in a lawsuit
> situation for debt or?
>
>
> all the best,
>
> drew
>
>

Indeed. 2 may easily contradict 1 and it actually does so when we assume
that authors have the right
to control their work AFTER its published. They can exercise full control
BEFORE that. But not AFTER.


-- 
Louigi Verona
http://www.louigiverona.ru/
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