Originally Posted by thommy

this is exactly ONE of the possible ways it can be done even later.
but this asshole is discussing about a word and not about the circumstance that is is possible that an author can loose all rights (including the right to be mentioned and giving another person the right to call himself "author")

authorship means nothing (so i would better call it author rights - but anyway every person with a normal brain understands what i mean)

The Joint Authorship Doctrine

The law of copyright provides that an author is the person who creates a work of authorship and is, at least the first instance, the sole owner of the work. Even though the author may initially have sole ownership of the work there are many methods by which the publisher may obtain ownership rights in the author's creative efforts. Two of the most frequently used are through the "work made for hire" doctrine - the publisher will own the copyright and "all" rights in the creative work-, and by an "assignment" of rights from the author to the publisher - the author specifically grants "all or some" of the rights in the work to the publisher.

but what shall i fight with an idiot who thinks he knows all better.