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vidarhyesterday at 12:56 PM1 replyview on HN

In English this is usually translated as "moral rights"[1]. They are fairly widespread in other civil law jurisdictions than Germany too. Less so in common law jurisdictions.

But they exist to a (very) limited extent even in the US.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_rights


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ghaffyesterday at 2:13 PM

Which is one of the reasons public domain is problematic in some jurisdictions because it requires you to waive rights you can't necessarily waive.