Before any major discourse on copyright regime, it becomes very important to know the definition of ‘author’. Who constitutes an author is very essential to understand. The entire regime of copyright law revolves around granting certain privileges to creators of literary, dramatic, musical, artistic works and derivative works like cinematograph films and sound recordings.           Copyright regime was brought in to recognise, incentivise and encourage the beautiful creations of the creators. These creators under the Act are called authors. Section 2 (d) of the Act defines author in each category of works. In case of literary and dramatic work, it…