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 staff might give a comprehensive consent to their not being named as authors of materials they create as part of their duties of employment, or it may be reasonable in the circumstances not to name them as author.