Moral author rights as fundamental rights in Colombia

Authors rights protects artistic, literary and scientific works. This type of IP encompasses two types of rights: moral and patrimonial. Despite of the fact of this, there is a prevalence of author’s economic rights against moral ones. This is due to the influence of Copyright, which subjects the existence of moral rights to patrimonials. This aspect contradicts the essential characteristics of moral rights, perpetuity, inalienability and irrenunciability, elements of the legislation deriving from the Civil Law, including Colombia. Nevertheless, the Colombian Constitutional Court has gone further as it has elevated moral rights to the constitutional category of human (fundamental) rights, thus guaranteeing its prevalence