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The doctrine of moral right reflects the idea that author has spiritual(or personal) interests from his or her copyright work. An author may concern that his work should be recognized as his, and attributed to him by his name, then he wants to protect his works against harmful attributions or distortion. All of these personal interests are protected as 'droit moral'(moral right) in copyright laws. And the development of digital technology for the creation and reproduction of works opens a new copyright world which to present new creative possibilities as well as difficulties for authors. This article argues that the moral rights would be protected to keep authors' spiritual and economic interests altogether, and to hand down historical heritage for next generations, as well. This article is made up with five parts; Part I of this article introduces the legal definition, the historical development of moral right and the problem statement, Part Ⅱ discusses the legal theories of moral right in copyright laws. Part Ⅲ argues three mortal rights which stipulates in the Copyright Law of Korea; right of disclosure, right of attribution and right of integrity, Part Ⅳ examines that wether moral rights would be strengthened or be become weak, as it were. Lastly, this article concludes that moral rights can serve an important social function in emerging information economy, and can expand authors into continuing controls.