Limiting the Author's Moral Right by Applying the Doctrine of Fair Use in the American Legal System

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Ph.D. Candidate in private law at the Higher Institute of Education and Research, Management and Planning

2 Assistant Professor, University of Tehran

10.22034/law.2023.52920.3161

Abstract

While the exceptions to the author's economical rights are one of the accepted issues in all legal systems and are established with the aim of public interests in the legal system, the application of these exceptions and limitations to the author's moral rights is doubtful. This is despite the fact that the scope of moral rights is very wide, especially in the countries of the Roman-Germanic system, and it can be abused. In the meantime, the doctrine of fair use is one of the most important doctrines regulating copyright, which can be proposed in many intellectual property rights issues due to its wide scope. The question of this research is how moral rights are analyzed and interpreted with regard to the aforementioned doctrine. For this purpose, this article uses an analytical-descriptive method and a comparative study of the legal systems of America, is trying to address the fundamentals of limiting the author's moral rights and the possibility of applying this doctrine to the author's moral rights. And at the end it is concluded; although this theory is referred to as a flexible concept, it should be kept in mind that it will not be appropriate and possible to apply it in every legal system; Although it is possible to benefit from its flexibility regarding policymaking in the field of exceptions and limitations of authors' rights, especially in the field of new and up-to-date technologies and contemporary artistic trends

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Jurisprudence and Islamic Law
Volume 14, Issue 33
December 2024
Pages 1-32

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