Hyman Rosen wrote:
You made a blanket comment that US law does not recognize the
value of moral rights.
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/property/library/moralprimer.html
"Under VARA, moral rights automatically vest in the author of a
"work of visual art." For the purposes of VARA, visual art includes
paintings, drawings, prints, sculptures, and photographs, existing
in a single copy or a limited edition of 200 signed and numbered
copies or fewer. In order to be protected, a photograph must have
been taken for exhibition purposes only. VARA only protects works
of "recognized stature;" posters, maps, globes, motion pictures,
electronic publications, and applied art are among the categories
of visual works explicitly excluded from VARA protection.
The language of the Copyright Act excludes works-for-hire from the
definition of "works of visual art," thereby excluding such works
from VARA protection. "