Paternity, the right of publication and false attribution are all covered by moral rights. There is a strong link between authors' rights and journalists' codes of professional conduct.
Journalists are committed to uphold media ethics.
They are personally liable for the material they create, but to be liable they need to know how their material is going to be used. For this reason, moral rights must be protected in Europe's information society. A common set of harmonised standards should apply. To guarantee quality and authenticity of information, Europe needs standards of excellence at the highest level. This applies in the United States where by law copyright is vested in an individual author or the employer or customer if the work is created on an employment basis or is commissioned.