- Anonymous work
Anonymous works are works, such as
art orliterature , that have an anonymous, undisclosed, or unknown creator or author. In theUnited States it is legally defined as "a work on the copies or phonorecords of which no natural person is identified as author." [cite web |url=http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/property/library/copyrightact.html |title=Selected Sections of the Copyright Act |accessdate=2008-06-22 |work=UNITED STATES CODE ANNOTATED |date=1997-12-17 ]In the case of works where the creator's name is kept secret, the author's reasons may vary from fear of
persecution to protection of his or her reputation. In 2007 theWashington Post published an article by an anonymous author describing the use ofnational security letters by theFBI . In this case, the author, who would have preferred to be named, was legally prohibited from disclosing his or her identity. [cite web |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/22/AR2007032201882.html
title=My National Security Letter Gag Order |accessdate=2008-06-22 |work= |date=1997-12-17 |author=Anonymous |date=2007-03-23 |work= |publisher=Washington Post] In the case oferotic novel s, although such works were formerly published anonymously to avoid discovery, many modern erotic novels are attributed to "Anonymous" in order to get them shelved alphabetically with other similar works.References
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Anonymus
*List of anonymously published works
*List of works published under a pseudonym
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