Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/299715 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
CIGI Papers No. 243
Publisher: 
Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), Waterloo, ON, Canada
Abstract: 
From commercials to movies to fashion, Indigenous artworks have been misused in ways that are offensive to the artists who created them and disrespectful of the cultures that inspired them. Using Indigenous traditional cultural expressions (TCEs) without acknowledging their sources or providing financial compensation to the artists undermines the TCEs' traditional value and amounts to cultural theft. This paper looks at protecting TCEs using copyright's moral rights approach, which provides intellectual property protection based on acknowledgement, respect and integrity.
Subjects: 
Cultural Identity
Intellectual Property Rights
Indigenous Peoples
Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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