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An author is defined both as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and as "one who sets forth written statements" in the Oxford English Dictionary. The first entry suggests that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. The second entry goes on to clarify that, when using the term author, the "anything" which is created is most usually associated with written work. In copyright law, there is necessarily little flexibility as to what constitutes authorship.... full article at wikipedia
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Created by Metaweb Oct 22, 2006
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