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Author

In legal discourse, an author is the creator of an original work that has been published, whether that work exists in written, graphic, visual, or recorded form. The act of creating such a work is called authorship, which means a sculptor, painter, or composer is considered the author of their respective sculptures, paintings, or musical compositions.…

Art, Legal significance of authorship & Overview

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Legal significance of authorship

Public domainLobbyingTrademark lawLikeness rightsFair use
13 related topics

Overview

SculptorPainterComposerWriterBook
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Philosophical views of the nature of authorship

Statute of AnneIntellectual propertyPostmodern literatureRoland BarthesMichel Foucault
7 related topics

Relationship with editor

EditorTypesettingPierre Bourdieu
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Legal significance of authorship

Philosophical views of the nature of authorship

Relationship with publisher

Relationship with editor

Compensation

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Author

Nodes54
Edges53
Triples45
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.037037
Components1

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Author

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related to Philosophical views of the nature of authorship · 9
Author → Anne, For, In, Intellectual, Michel Foucault, Roland Barthes, Statue, The Statute, While
related to Traditional publishing · 9
Author → Authors, Compensation, Established, In Canada, Most, See, To, Under, With
related to Legal significance of authorship · 7
Author → Any, Copyright, Holding, It, Technically, The, United States
related to Vanity publishing · 7
Author → Because, Bill Henderson, In, Most, The, This, Vanity
related to Relationship with editor · 3
Author → For, The, There
related to Self-publishing · 2
Author → Self-publishing, Those
see also · 2
Author → AuteurWriterPoetNovelistAuthor, Lead
is a · 1
Author → creator of an original work that has been published
related to Compensation · 1
Author → Authors

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work copyright authors authorship text editor book may one written publisher publishing language barthes royalties states legal writer author's foucault

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Authoris acreator of an original work that has been published0.90text
Roland Barthesinstance ofcritics0.80text
Michel Foucault have examined the roleinstance ofcritics0.80text
relevance of authorship to the meaning or interpretation of a literary text.Barthes challenges the idea that a text can be attributed to any single authorinstance ofcritics0.80text
the ELRinstance ofauthors also earn income from a government scheme0.80text
Authorrelated to CompensationAuthors0.60section
Authorrelated to Legal significance of authorshipHolding0.60section
Authorrelated to Legal significance of authorshipAny0.60section
Authorrelated to Legal significance of authorshipThe0.60section
Authorrelated to Legal significance of authorshipIt0.60section
Authorrelated to Legal significance of authorshipCopyright0.60section
Authorrelated to Legal significance of authorshipUnited States0.60section

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