Your rights as a Creator
Straight away let’s say it:
You decide how it can be controlled and who uses it (within the limits of the law). But as with anything legal. There are some caveats and key points here.For you to claim rights to something:
It must be either 100% original.
Or,
You must have sufficient permission to modify another’s unique product before you can establish your rights to be recognised as the Author.
By claiming sole rights to something you are making a legal statement. You need to have made it from your scratch. Or have been given clear permission to assume the rights of the donated/deeded source content to create something new. (It can get very complicated very quickly but we will cover in getting permissions and licences later)
Moral Rights
In simple terms, you as the creator of something have the legal right:
End User License Agreements
It is your right to specify the terms and conditions for use for anything you create. This is commonly referred to as an End User License Agreement or EULA. You are not obliged to include a EULA but it does help if you want to be clear about your terms. But there are some caveats to this:
If you create a unique piece of work. You own it.
You decide how it can be controlled and who uses it (within the limits of the law). But as with anything legal. There are some caveats and key points here.For you to claim rights to something:
It must be either 100% original.
Or,
You must have sufficient permission to modify another’s unique product before you can establish your rights to be recognised as the Author.
By claiming sole rights to something you are making a legal statement. You need to have made it from your scratch. Or have been given clear permission to assume the rights of the donated/deeded source content to create something new. (It can get very complicated very quickly but we will cover in getting permissions and licences later)
Moral Rights
In simple terms, you as the creator of something have the legal right:
- to be recognised as the creator of your work even if you license it to someone else.
- You have the right to object to how it is used and adapted. And these rights are recognised even in Non-Commercial disputes. Which is key to IP claims in regions where compensation is calculated by economic impact to your place in the market.
Even in regions where "Loss of revenue" is a major deciding factor in copyright cases (eg the US), Moral rights means that even if the court decides not to take action due to a ruling of "no commercial impact" you still have a claim to the IP and can still get a settlement.
End User License Agreements
It is your right to specify the terms and conditions for use for anything you create. This is commonly referred to as an End User License Agreement or EULA. You are not obliged to include a EULA but it does help if you want to be clear about your terms. But there are some caveats to this:
- You can only grant conditions that can be reasonably enforced by law and/or do not contravene any applicable law. Eg: May only be used on the third Monday of every other month. Blatantly ridiculous obviously.
- You may not discriminate eg: No
may use this addon. This contravenes so many discrimination laws that you are asking to be arrested and sued. - You cannot specify anything that is illegal or contravenes someone’s rights.
