publication right
publication right. Copyright. The right of an author or artist to decide when to reveal or display a creative work. • Publication is one of the moral rights of artists recognized in civil-law countries and much of Europe, but largely unavailable in the United States. — Also termed right of disclosure. [Cases: Copyrights and Intellectual Property 36. C.J.S. Copyrights and Intellectual Property §§ 10, 40–41, 97.]