Designing a Freedom of Expression-Compliant Framework for Moral Rights in the EU: Challenges and Proposals

[Christophe Geiger and Elena Izyumenko] ... The argument of this chapter is that, despite a relative lack of attention towards the effects of moral rights on the freedom of expression of others, moral rights, if applied in an unlimited way, might impede users’ freedoms even to a greater extent than economic rights of copyright holders. The problem thus deserves further scrutiny and solutions need to be advanced to guarantee that uses of copyright-protected works that are essential for a democratic society are not unduly hindered by moral rights.