Author generally refers to the creator of literary, artistic and scientific works, and sometimes refers to the founder of a certain theory, or the organizer or planner of an event. In the copyright laws of the Soviet Union, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Spain and other countries, the author refers to a natural person who directly engages in literary and artistic creation activities through his own independent thoughts and uses his own skills and methods to create works that reflect the creator's personal characteristics.
Among them are novelists, poets, essayists, playwrights, composers, lyric writers, journalists, painters, calligraphers, sculptors, handicraft designers, and? Architect, photographer, translator, computer programmer, etc. The copyright laws of the United States, Japan and other countries also recognize legal persons as authors.
An author refers to a person who creates literature, art or science, that is, a person who engages in intellectual activities that directly produce literary, artistic or scientific works. In the Regulations on the Protection of Computer Software, software authors are also called "software developers". A person who organizes others to create, provide advice, material conditions or carry out other auxiliary activities, even if it plays an important role in the creation of works.
Or become a writer. The rights and obligations between the author and the person engaged in non-creative activities shall be stipulated by both parties through contracts. Strictly speaking, "author" and "creator" are not exactly the same: "creator" is a common word, which only refers to the actual author; "Author" in copyright law is a legal term, sometimes including nominal author.