Moral rights belong to the creator or author (living on or after 1 August 1989) of an original literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work and allow them to retain control over how their work is used or displayed, for example, where work has been privately commissioned.
Moral rights can be given up but cannot be sold to a third party and they pass to the author’s estate on his or her death. Recognising who owns the copyright for a piece of artistic work should not be difficult to ascertain.
However, policing the use of that work is not always as easy and pursuing remedies for infringement can be time consuming and expensive. We are always happy to discuss any element of copyright infringement law to help you protect your work.