An author is a person who writes books, stories, poems, or other written work. Their writing can be truth or fiction, short or long. Often, author is a word for a person whose job is to write. Any person who writes may be called a writer.
Sometimes, a person who creates something that is not prose is called an author. Someone who writes music may be called the author of that piece of music, though we would usually call that person a composer. In the film world, the French word for author, auteur, is often used about someone who has been both the writer and director of a movie.
In biology, the first person to write an article that gives a name to and describes a type of living thing is the author of that name.
In law, the author is the first owner of copyright.[1]
Legal significance of authorship
Typically, the first owner of a copyright is the person who created the work, i.e. the author. If more than one person created the work, then a case of joint authorship can be made provided some criteria are met. In the copyright laws of various jurisdictions, there is a necessity for little flexibility regarding what constitutes authorship. The United States Copyright Office, for example, defines copyright as "a form of protection provided by the laws of the United States (title 17, U.S. Code) to authors of 'original works of authorship'".[2]
Holding the title of "author" over any "literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, [or] certain other intellectual works" gives rights to this person, the owner of the copyright, especially the exclusive right to engage in or authorize any production or distribution of their work. Any person or entity wishing to use intellectual property held under copyright must receive permission from the copyright holder to use this work, and often will be asked to pay for the use of copyrighted material. After a fixed amount of time, the copyright expires on intellectual work and it enters the public domain, where it can be used without limit.
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References
- ↑ Lessig, Lawrence (2015-11-13). Free Culture. ISBN 978-82-690182-0-2.
- ↑ Copyright Office Basics, U.S. Copyright Office, July 2006, archived from the original on 28 March 2008, retrieved 30 March 2007
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