The German Federal Court recently clarified that the waiver of the right to attribution is permitted as long as the author is not unduly disadvantaged. This blog examines the status of the waiver of moral rights like the right to attribution under Indian copyright law. It discusses the purpose and nature of moral rights and why waiver might be required for commercially exploiting copyrighted works. The blog argues that there is a necessity for a statutory provision that explicitly permits the waiver of moral rights while also restricting blanket or unwritten waivers in order to balance the rights of authors as well as copyright owners or licensees.