What is the right to maintain the integrity of a work?
The right to maintain the integrity of work (the "right of
integrity") is a copyright-related personal right. The rights
owner may demand that an infringer cease its infringement and
eliminate the adverse influence of the infringement, but cannot
claim damages. The protective scope of this right, in further
analysis, is narrow and obscure compared to the rights of
publication, authorship and modification, which are all
copyright-related personal rights. The right of publication grants
the work public exposure, which, though restricted by the principle
of "once for all" (once disclosed, a secret is no longer
a secret), represents a "life or death" power. The right
of authorship establishes a close link between the author and the
work. The right of modification safeguards the purity of the work
by prohibiting unauthorized deletion or changes. The right of
integrity is designed to "protect the work from distortion
