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As creatives, our work is an extension of ourselves – it expresses our worldviews, perspectives, opinions, and values. Criticism can be hard, but worse is when our work is twisted by someone else, causing harm to our reputation. The Copyright Act addresses this under “Moral Rights,” as the “Right to object to derogatory treatment of work.”

Your work is valuable so keeping good records and understanding your legal rights are crucial to protecting your IP and developing your professional reputation.

Between 2024 and 2025, we surveyed writers and publishers in our community on their attitudes toward AI.

There are four moral rights outlined in the Copyright Act; the right of identification, the right of integrity, false attribution and the “right to privacy of certain photographs and films,” even if someone else owns the copyright.

Remember when you were in primary school, and got sent to the principal’s office for a chat about the way you scratched some stars and your name on the school toilet door... but it wasn’t you who did it? No? Only me? That’s false attribution – when someone attributes a work to someone else.

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