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moral rights landmarks
This page highlights some landmarks in the emergence of
moral rights for visual artists, film makers, other authors
and performers. It is under development.
It covers -
It is complemented by the broader chronology
of intellectual property developments.
precursors
1886 Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary &
Industrial Works
1935 Michailides-Nouaros' Le droit moral de l' auteur
1946 Lanham Act in US
1949 US appeals court in Shostakovich v Twentieth
Century Fox Film Corp affirms rejection of composers'
claimed right to artistic integrity
1953 French court in Soc le Chant de Monde v Twentieth
Century Fox case prohibits use of Shostakovich and
Prokofiev scores in a US anti-Soviet film
1959 French court finds for Charlie Chaplin in claim that
his moral rights were breached through addition of musical
accompaniment to his silent film The Kid
1962 French court in Buffet v Fersing case awards
damages to Bernard Buffet over disassembly and piecemeal
sale of painted refrigerator
broadcasting disputes
1976
Gilliam v American Broadcasting Co ('Monty Python'
case) in US
1982 Canadian court in Snow v Eaton Center recognises
breach of integrity regarding decorative ribbons on sculpted
geese
1989 US becomes party to Berne Convention
1991 John Huston's heirs gain substantial damages in France
over broadcast of colourised version of The Asphalt
Jungle
1992 French court holds theatrical director liable for
infringement of right of integrity in staging of Waiting
For Godot
1993 singer George Michael granted pre-trial injunction
by Court of Appeal in London against release of Bad
Boys Megamix
1996 Schott Music v Colossal Records ('Carmina
Burana') case in Australia
1996 WIPO Performances & Phonograms Treaty
the Australian Moral Rights Act
2000 Copyright Amendment (Moral Rights) Act 2000
in Australia
2002 CleanFlicks v the DGA case in US
2002 Théberge v. Galerie d'Art du Petit Champlain
Inc case in Canada
2003 Dastar v Twentieth Century Fox case in US
2003 Benchmark Building Supplies v Mitre 10 case
in NZ
2004 French appeal court imposes symbolic fine on publisher
of sequel of Les Miserables
2005 Italian court rules that TV Internazionale breached
moral rights of US director Fred Zinnemann by recurrently
broadcasting colourised version of his 1944 The Seventh
Cross
2006 Appeal Court of Barcelona finds in favour of singer
Tom Waits over unauthorised adaptation of a Waits song
and impersonation of his voice in a television commercial
2006 moral rights for performers in UK under 1988 Copyright,
Designs & Patents Act 1988
2006 Stockholm Court of Appeal rules in favour of Sjöman
and Eriksson over ad breaks in broadcasts of films
2006 suit by Canadian sculptor Haydn Davies
2006 Miro estate claims moral rights breach by Google
2006 US federal court rules in favour of filmmakers in
CleanFlicks case
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