Moral Rights

Moral rights, introduced by the Copyright Amendment (Moral Rights) Act 2000, give the author the right:

• to be identified as author
• not to have authorship falsely attributed
• to object to derogatory treatment of a work.

Under Monash Statute 11.2- Intellectual Property, an author of course materials has the right to be identified as author/not have authorship attributed.

However, an author may give consent (similar to a waiver) in respect of a right : for example, members of the general staff might give a comprehensive consent to their not being named as authors of materials they create as part of their duties of employment, copyright in which is owned by the University.