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54 DePaul L. Rev. 1 (2004-2005)
The Moral Imperative against Academic Plagiarism (without a Moral Right against Reverse Passing Off)

handle is hein.journals/deplr54 and id is 11 raw text is: THE MORAL IMPERATIVE AGAINST ACADEMIC
PLAGIARISM (WITHOUT A MORAL RIGHT
AGAINST REVERSE PASSING OFF)
2003 Niro Scavonne Haller & Niro Distinguished Lecture
by David Nimmer*
I. TREATMENT .................................................   2
II. To PREVENT THE TRACES OF HUMAN EVENTS FROM
BEING ERASED BY TIME ...................................      6
A .  Three  Scenarios  .....................................  6
B. Traces of Human Events ............................        8
III. MORAL RIGHTS ............................................ 12
A .  Introduction  .........................................  12
1. Categorizing Moral Rights ......................     12
2. Moral Rights Under the Berne Convention ......        14
3.  U.S. Recognition of Moral Rights ...............     16
a. Prior to Berne Adherence ..................      16
b. Ancillary to Joining the Berne Convention.       24
c. Subsequent Developments ..................       27
B.  D astar  v. Fox  .......................................  30
1.  Background   .....................................  30
2.  Statutory  Construction  ..........................  33
a.  Dastar's Argument    .........................  33
b. Position of the United States ...............    37
3.  Decision  of  the  Court ...........................  38
a.  R uling  ......................................  38
b. Implications as to Moral Rights ............     42
C.  E valuation  ..........................................  44
1. Does The Berne Convention Require
Recognition of the Right to Forestall Listing
Credit for Non-Authors? ........................    44
* © 2004 by David Nimmer, Visiting Professor, UCLA School of Law and Of Counsel, Irell
& Manella LLP, Los Angeles, California. I thank Bobbi Kwall for inviting me to deliver the
lecture, and Daniel Gervais, Craig Joyce, Rob Kasunic, Mark Lemley, Dick Lanham, Tom Mc-
Carthy, Malla Pollack, Bernie Sorkin, and Cindy Vroom for their comments on this Article.

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