Part ICopyright
Chapter ISubsistence, ownership and duration of copyright
Authorship and ownership of copyright
9Authorship of work
1
In this Part “author”, in relation to a work, means the person who creates it.
2
That person shall be taken to be—
a
in the case of a sound recording or film, the person by whom the arrangements necessary for the making of the recording or film are undertaken;
b
in the case of a broadcast, the person making the broadcast (see section 6(3)) or, in the case of a broadcast which relays another broadcast by reception and immediate re-transmission, the person making that other broadcast;
c
in the case of a cable programme, the person providing the cable programme service in which the programme is included;
d
in the case of the typographical arrangement of a published edition, the publisher.
3
In the case of a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work which is computer-generated, the author shall be taken to be the person by whom the arrangements necessary for the creation of the work are undertaken.
4
For the purposes of this Part a work is of “unknown authorship” if the identity of the author is unknown or, in the case of a work of joint authorship, if the identity of none of the authors is known.
5
For the purposes of this Part the identity of an author shall be regarded as unknown if it is not possible for a person to ascertain his identity by reasonable inquiry; but if his identity is once known it shall not subsequently be regarded as unknown.