Moral rights are included in many foreign copyright laws, and are set forth in the leading international copyright treaty, the 1971 Berne Convention. The author is entitled to be credited as the author of her work, and to prevent alterations or modifications to the work that would harm her reputation. These rights are independent of economic rights, which means that even if the author has granted rights to exploit the work, she still holds the moral rights. But, in the United States, apart from the Visual Artists Rights Act, the copyright law does not provide for the rights of attribution and integrity.
