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by jraph 1110 days ago
> you cannot seem to waive your moral rights.

If it's like France, moral rights cannot be given up and stay in perpetuity, even when the work reaches public domain.

That's patrimonial rights that expire after 70 years, making the work reach public domain. These are the ones you would want to give up to put something in the public domain but can't.

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Perpetuity? Interesting. So, if the moral rights don't end when you die, then I suppose your heirs and successors can nominally enforce moral rights, centuries later. Wow!
> I suppose your heirs and successors can nominally enforce moral rights, centuries later

I don't know about this. That's quite possible. But yes! See [1,2]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_rights [2] https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Droit_moral