THE AUTHOR'S RIGHT TO WITHDRAW FROM DISCLOSING THE INTELLECTUAL WORK TO THE PUBLIC IN ALGERIAN LAW.

Abstract

Intellectual works are vessels for the ideas of their authors. They reflect their intellectual personalities, religious beliefs, and opinions regarding various human relationships, natural, cultural, economic, and political phenomena. Given that human thought evolves and intellectual convictions are subject to change due to the author's influences or surroundings, Algerian copyright law ensures authors the right to retract their decision to disclose their work to the public. This right can be exercised either during the creation process, termed the "right of repentance," or after the work has reached the public, referred to as the "right of withdrawal." This moral right may conflict with the rights of other parties, whether they participated in co-authoring the work, as in the case of joint authorship, or if they hold licenses for derivative works, financial rights, or other forms of dissemination to the public. Despite this conflict, the right of repentance and withdrawal is favored over the author's obligations towards others, albeit within specified parameters.