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Author

Index Author

In legal discourse, an author is the creator of an original work, whether that work is in written, graphic, or recorded medium. [1]

Table of Contents

  1. 49 relations: Academic authorship, Alexander Nehamas, Article (publishing), Auteur, Author editing, Bill Henderson (publisher), Book, Celebes crested macaque, Charles Pinckney (governor), Committee of Detail, Composer, Composition (language), Constitution of the United States, Copyright, Copyright Clause, Distributive writing, Editing, Fair use, Financial risk, Generative artificial intelligence, Ghostwriter, James Madison, Joint authorship, Lead author, List of novelists by nationality, List of poets, Lists of writers, Lobbying, Michel Foucault, Monkey selfie copyright dispute, Painting, Parody, Personality rights, Photographer, Pierre Bourdieu, Play (theatre), Postmodern literature, Professional writing, Public domain, Roland Barthes, Satire, Sculpture, Trademark, Typesetting, United States, United States Copyright Office, Work for hire, Writer, Writing.

  2. Writing occupations

Academic authorship

Academic authorship of journal articles, books, and other original works is a means by which academics communicate the results of their scholarly work, establish priority for their discoveries, and build their reputation among their peers.

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Alexander Nehamas

Alexander Nehamas (Αλέξανδρος Νεχαμάς; born 22 March 1946) is a Greek-born American philosopher.

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Article (publishing)

An article or piece is a written work published in a print or electronic medium, for the propagation of news, research results, academic analysis or debate.

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Auteur

An auteur ('author') is an artist with a distinctive approach, usually a film director whose filmmaking control is so unbounded and personal that the director is likened to the "author" of the film, thus manifesting the director's unique style or thematic focus.

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Author editing

An authors' editor is a language professional who works "with authors to make draft texts fit for purpose".

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Bill Henderson (publisher)

Bill Henderson (born April 5, 1941) is an American author, editor and publisher best known for his memoirs and the Pushcart Prize series.

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Book

A book is a medium for recording information in the form of writing or images.

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Celebes crested macaque

The Celebes crested macaque (Macaca nigra), also known as the crested black macaque, Sulawesi crested macaque, or the black ape, is an Old World monkey that lives in the Tangkoko reserve in the north-eastern tip of the Indonesian island of Sulawesi (Celebes), as well as on smaller neighbouring islands.

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Charles Pinckney (governor)

Charles Pinckney (October 26, 1757October 29, 1824) was an American Founding Father, planter, and politician who was a signer of the United States Constitution.

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Committee of Detail

The Committee of Detail was a committee established by the United States Constitutional Convention on July 24, 1787 to put down a draft text reflecting the agreements made by the convention up to that point, including the Virginia Plan's 15 resolutions.

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Composer

A composer is a person who writes music.

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Composition (language)

The term composition (from Latin com- "with" and ponere "to place") as it refers to writing, can describe authors' decisions about, processes for designing, and sometimes the final product of, a composed linguistic work.

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Constitution of the United States

The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States.

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A copyright is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the exclusive legal right to copy, distribute, adapt, display, and perform a creative work, usually for a limited time.

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The Copyright Clause (also known as the Intellectual Property Clause, Copyright and Patent Clause, or the Progress Clause) describes an enumerated power listed in the United States Constitution (Article I, Section 8, Clause 8).

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Distributive writing

Distributive writing is the collective authorship (or distributed authorship) of texts.

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Editing

Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, visual, audible, or cinematic material used by a person or an entity to convey a message or information. Author and Editing are writing occupations.

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Fair use

Fair use is a doctrine in United States law that permits limited use of copyrighted material without having to first acquire permission from the copyright holder.

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Financial risk

Financial risk is any of various types of risk associated with financing, including financial transactions that include company loans in risk of default.

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Generative artificial intelligence

Generative artificial intelligence (generative AI, GenAI, or GAI) is artificial intelligence capable of generating text, images, videos, or other data using generative models, often in response to prompts.

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Ghostwriter

A ghostwriter is a person hired to write literary or journalistic works, speeches, or other texts that are putatively credited to another person as the author. Author and ghostwriter are writing occupations.

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James Madison

James Madison (March 16, 1751June 28, 1836) was an American statesman, diplomat, and Founding Father who served as the fourth president of the United States from 1809 to 1817.

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Joint authorship

Joint authorship of a copyrightable work is when two or more persons contribute enough to the work to be the author of that work.

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Lead author

In academic publishing, the lead author or first author is the first named author of a publication such as a research article or audit.

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List of novelists by nationality

Well-known authors of novels, listed by country: See also: Lists of authors, List of poets, List of playwrights, List of short story authors.

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List of poets

This is an alphabetical list of internationally notable poets.

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Lists of writers

The following are lists of writers.

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Lobbying

Lobbying is a form of advocacy, which lawfully attempts to directly influence legislators or government officials, such as regulatory agencies or judiciary.

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Michel Foucault

Paul-Michel Foucault (15 October 192625 June 1984) was a French historian of ideas and philosopher who also served as an author, literary critic, political activist, and teacher.

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Between 2011 and 2018, a series of disputes took place about the copyright status of selfies taken by Celebes crested macaques using equipment belonging to the British wildlife photographer David J. Slater.

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Painting

Painting is a visual art, which is characterized by the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support").

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Parody

A parody is a creative work designed to imitate, comment on, and/or mock its subject by means of satirical or ironic imitation.

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Personality rights

Personality rights, sometimes referred to as the right of publicity, are rights for an individual to control the commercial use of their identity, such as name, image, likeness, or other unequivocal identifiers.

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Photographer

A photographer (the Greek φῶς (phos), meaning "light", and γραφή (graphê), meaning "drawing, writing", together meaning "drawing with light") is a person who uses a camera to make photographs.

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Pierre Bourdieu

Pierre Bourdieu (1 August 1930 – 23 January 2002) was a French sociologist and public intellectual.

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Play (theatre)

A play is a form of drama that primarily consists of dialogue between characters and is intended for theatrical performance rather than mere reading.

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Postmodern literature

Postmodern literature is a form of literature that is characterized by the use of metafiction, unreliable narration, self-reflexivity, intertextuality, and which often thematizes both historical and political issues.

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Professional writing

Professional writing is writing for reward or as a profession; as a product or object, professional writing is any form of written communication produced in a workplace environment or context that enables employees to, for example, communicate effectively among themselves, help leadership make informed decisions, advise clients, comply with federal, state, or local regulatory bodies, bid for contracts, etc. Author and professional writing are writing occupations.

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Public domain

The public domain (PD) consists of all the creative work to which no exclusive intellectual property rights apply.

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Roland Barthes

Roland Gérard Barthes (12 November 1915 – 26 March 1980) was a French literary theorist, essayist, philosopher, critic, and semiotician.

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Satire

Satire is a genre of the visual, literary, and performing arts, usually in the form of fiction and less frequently non-fiction, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, often with the intent of exposing or shaming the perceived flaws of individuals, corporations, government, or society itself into improvement.

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Sculpture

Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions.

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Trademark

A trademark (also written trade mark or trade-mark) is a type of intellectual property consisting of a recognizable sign, design, or expression that identifies a product or service from a particular source and distinguishes it from others.

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Typesetting

Typesetting is the composition of text for publication, display, or distribution by means of arranging physical ''type'' (or sort) in mechanical systems or glyphs in digital systems representing characters (letters and other symbols).

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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The United States Copyright Office (USCO), a part of the Library of Congress, is a United States government body that registers copyright claims, records information about copyright ownership, provides information to the public, and assists Congress and other parts of the government on a wide range of copyright issues.

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Work for hire

A work made for hire (work for hire or WFH), in copyright law in the United States, is a work that is subject to copyright and is created by employees as part of their job or some limited types of works for which all parties agree in writing to the WFH designation.

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Writer

A writer is a person who uses written words in different writing styles, genres and techniques to communicate ideas, to inspire feelings and emotions, or to entertain.

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Writing

Writing is the act of creating a persistent representation of human language.

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See also

Writing occupations

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Author

Also known as As told to, Auther, Authored, Authoress, Authors, Authorship, Authour, Autore, Book author, Female author, Non-Fiction authors, Penwoman, Putative Author, Who wrote that.