Author - Indian Laws - General

Section 2(d) of Copyright Act, 1957 defines author , which reads as under: author means , - (i) in relation to a literary or dramatic work, the author of the work; (ii) in relation to a musical work, the composer; (iii) in relation to an artistic work other than a photograph, the artist; (iv) in relation to a photograph, the person taking the photograph; (v) in relation to a cinematograph film or sound recording, the producer; and (vi) in relation to any literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work which is computer-generated, the person who causes the work to be created; [ENTERTAINMENT NETWORK INDIA LTD. - 2008 (5) TMI 671 - SUPREME COURT ]