84 False attribution of work
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (1988 c 48) | Legislation

False attribution of work

84  False attribution of work

(1)     A person has the right in the circumstances mentioned in this section—

(a)     not to have a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work falsely attributed to him as author, and

(b)     not to have a film falsely attributed to him as director;

and in this section an “attribution”, in relation to such a work, means a statement (express or implied) as to who is the author or director.

(2)     The right is infringed by a person who—

(a)     issues to the public copies of a work of any of those descriptions in or on which there is a false attribution, or

(b)     exhibits in

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