Author

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[edit] U.S. copyright law

While the term author is used repeated in U.S. copyright law, the term is never defined. The U.S. Supreme Court has defined an author as “[h]e to whom anything owes its origin; originator, maker.”^[1]

[edit] References

1. ↑ Burrow-Giles Lithographic Co. v. Sarony, 111 U.S. 53, 58 (1884)(full-text).