The Eaton Centre in Toronto Commissioned Michael Snow, an Artist

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The Answer is a. S. 14.1(1) of the Copyright Act, the moral rights section, protects the right of a creator to preserve the integrity of his work. This right cannot be assigned, though it can be waived. S. 28.2(2) says that, in the case of a sculpture, the necessary prejudice to the honour or reputation of the author, under s. 28.2(1), by the modification or distortion of his work, shall be deemed to have occurred.
b. Snow could argue successfully that, because he had not waived his moral rights, they still remained with him since they could not, by statute, be part of what he had assigned to the Eaton Centre. The hanging of bows round the necks of the geese, however attractive it looked at Christmastime, was as much an affront to the integrity of the artwork as it would be if the French stuck a tri-colour rosette on the Mona Lisa on Bastille Day.

The Eaton Centre in Toronto Commissioned Michael Snow, an Artist

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