Israel's Copyright Act grants moral rights to authors of
works, other than computer programs and phonograms. Moral rights
are personal rights which vest in the author. They may not be
assigned, although they may be waived. Even in cases where
copyright vests initially in a person other than the author, such
as in the case of works created in an employer-employee
relationship, the moral rights in the work will vest in the author
and will not belong to the copyright owner.
Israel recognizes two moral rights namely, the right of
attribution and the right of integrity.
The right of attribution ensures the right of the author that
his name will appear on his work to the extent and in a manner
befitting the circumstances. Many courts have addressed this right,
which is seen as an extension of the recognition in Pirkei Avot
("the Chapters of the Fathers") that he who speaks in the
name of speaker brings redemption the world. In the leading
"Dead Sea Scrolls" case, the
