4. WHICH... rights in the work are protected?
Authors 'own' their work and can decide what should happen to it.
This is enshrined in Art. 9 para. 1 CopA, under which an author has 'the exclusive right to their own work.' This is understood to be a right that can be asserted against any other person (similar to the right of ownership). It does not matter whether or not this other person has a legally regulated (e.g. contractual or employment) relationship with the author.
This exclusive right guarantees two kinds of rights (or legal positions) to authors:
- the moral right of the author and
- the property right