Since an authors are writers with a published work, it only prove that they are workers who

give their time, determination and effort to finish their goal. They did and gave something to be

called as an owner of their work which are basically called as “intellectual property”. The goal of

an author is to connect with its audience. As said by Tavares (1990, 57), by connecting reading with

writing we can incorporate the real idea of communication in which readers and writers interact.

Because of this indirect communication, readers who attain the information has the tendency to use

and claim it as their own that creates a conflict with Intellectual Property Rights. These rights are

given to people over the creations of their minds. One of its main areas is copyright that gives

protection to the authors of literary and artistic works (WTO 2018).

This creates an invisible boundary for their audiences. As an owner, they have the right to

manage and protect their territory and property thus giving them the power to control the usage of

their work. Since they have been readers who became writers they let other people use their literary

works. But writers should consciously cite their works to avoid plagiarism. It is a crime of stealing

somebody else’s work (WTO 2018). For you to claim ownership over something you must adhere to

the rules of originality.

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