Subject to certain exceptions laid down in Section 17 of the Copyright Act, the author of a work is the first owner of the copyright therein. The expression ‘author’ has been defined under Section 2(d) of the Act to mean: in relation to a literary or dramatic work, the author of the work; in relation to a musical work, the composer; in relation to an artistic work other than a photograph, the artist; in relation to a photograph, the person taking the photograph; in relation to a cinematograph film, or sound recording, the producer; and in relation to any literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work which is computer-generated, the person who causes the work to be created.