mike3 wrote:

So does this mean the author cannot authorize the user to do something else without giving up ownership?


That is correct.

17 USC sec. 106 states:
"Subject to sections 107 through 122, the owner of copyright under this
title has the exclusive rights to do and to authorize any of the following:"


As you can see the words "owner", "exclusive" and "authorize" appear
exactly once in the statute.

The owner can *not* authorize a user to "authorize" since it is a
right "exclusive" to the owner.
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