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American authors and even American lawyers are often surprised when they learn about something called moral rights. That’s a concept that doesn’t exist in the United States but exists throughout a lot of Europe and elsewhere.

It’s the idea that an author has certain moral rights in their work and that they can prevent their work from being used for things that contravene their moral underpinnings. Something to know about, something to be aware of. And you definitely, if you are in the process of licensing something globally, need to provide for it in your contract. So make sure your copyright lawyer knows about that — they should, and they shouldn’t be charging you if they don’t. We’ll catch you next time!