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Copyright, authorship & moral rights · Core

Authors’ rights

Also called: droit d’auteur

ELI5

A legal tradition recognising economic and personal rights of creators, with rules varying by legal region.

Used in conversation

“The deal needs to state authors’ rights clearly before it is signed.”

Definition

A legal tradition recognising economic and personal rights of creators, with rules varying by jurisdiction.

Here “Authors’ rights” means: A legal tradition recognising economic and personal rights of creators, with rules varying by jurisdiction.

Pitch context

You may encounter “Authors’ rights” in rights, contracts, finance, distribution & labour conversations or materials.

Why it matters: Explains who controls, pays for, approves, exploits or bears risk around a project.

Caution

Meaning and consequences may change by contract, collective agreement, territory or law. This entry is orientation, not legal advice.

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Sources & evidence · 8

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.