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Artist Rights

Moral Rights Protection

Can moral rights be alienated?

No — Article 17 prohibits their alienation during the author's lifetime.

Who protects the rights after the author's death?

Heirs, a designated person, or Sakpatent where heirs are absent or act improperly.

What is the withdrawal right?

The right to demand cessation of use of the work, exercised at the author's expense; it does not extend to works made in the course of employment.

What liability follows violations?

Civil, administrative and criminal liability under Article 58.

5 min·8 Feb 2026

The Catalogue of the Author's Moral Rights

Article 17 of the Law on Copyright and Neighbouring Rights sets out the author's personal non-property rights in detail. The author is entitled to be recognized as the author of the work and to demand such recognition on every copy or in any form of use — the right of authorship. The author may indicate a pseudonym instead of the name, demand such indication, and decline any mention of the name — the right to the name. Only the author decides when, where and in what form to make public the fact of the work's creation. The author may permit other persons to introduce changes into the work itself, its title or the author's name, and may object to changes made without consent — the right of integrity. The author is entitled to protect the work against any distortion or other violation that may harm the author's honour, dignity or business reputation. Finally, the author may demand the cessation of use of the work — the withdrawal right, which does not extend to works made in the course of employment. Together these rights form the personality core of copyright: they attach to the author as creator, not to the work as commodity.

Updated: 18 Oct 2026