Musical Sound Recordings as Works Made for Hire: Money for Nothing and Tracks for Free

While the entire Copyright Clause has been the subject of extensive academic and judicial dissection, two phrases in particular are relevant to this discussion. Author means not only the narrow definition of a writer, but rather [has] reach necessary to reflect the broad scope of constitutional principles. [T]he term, in its constitutional sense, has been construed to mean an \u27originator, \u27he to whom anything owes its origin. \u27 Thus, under this broad construction, an Author means anybody who creates an original work; that is, produces something of one\u27s own independent efforts