Letter – Waiver of Moral Rights by Individual

This Moral Rights Waiver Letter is designed for use where the author of a literary work is waiving moral rights arising under Chapter IV of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

The template contains two approaches: a limited softening of the author’s moral rights, or a fuller waiver of those rights.

Limited waiver of moral rights

The first option asserts the author’s right to be identified, but states that a casual or inadvertent failure by the publisher to identify the author will not be treated as an infringement of that right.

This option also permits the publisher to alter the work as necessary, without those alterations amounting to distortion, mutilation or derogatory treatment of the work.

Full or partial moral rights waiver

The second option is a full waiver rather than a softening of the author’s rights. It allows the author to waive all moral rights, or only selected rights, by reference to the relevant sections of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

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