80 Right to object to derogatory treatment of work
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (1988 c 48) | Legislation

Right to object to derogatory treatment of work

80  Right to object to derogatory treatment of work

(1)     The author of a copyright literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work, and the director of a copyright film, has the right in the circumstances mentioned in this section not to have his work subjected to derogatory treatment.

(2)     For the purposes of this section—

(a)     “treatment” of a work means any addition to, deletion from or alteration to or adaptation of the work, other than—

(i)     a translation of a literary or dramatic work, or

(ii)     an arrangement or transcription of a musical work involving no more than a change of key or register; and

(b)     the treatment

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