It is not known who first discovered the essential principles contained in these laws. It was probably the first roadie. Perhaps Robert Johnson's guitar tech took a break from hopping freight trains and traded his string winder or strobe tuner at the crossroads with a shadowy man in turn imparted these things. Or it could be newer. Did Bill Haley throw up his hands and ask why his clock no longer rocked 'round? Did Ike Turner spontaneously discover the third law while sitting in the Sun Studios with Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats? Or it could go back further. Did John Dowland set down his lute and ask himself "why will the ladies not gavotte and then from henceforth am I not to gigue?" Or did David complain "Oy! I humped this Twin Reverb all over Jerusalem and still I say, verily my sound and lot with it sucketh. From the depths of my soul, I cry out O Lord for the answer!"
Whatever the real background, these laws were codified and set down by Frank Hudson in the early 80's. Here are these powerful constructs.
The application of these laws is wider and more universal than you might at first expect. Anyone who ever needs to trouble-shoot any system would do well to memorize them. Widespread propagation of these laws will simplify and properly encode communication between all technical support personnel. For example "The CEO's laptop didn't work due to a Second Law violation". Or "The webcast was widely viewed, but it wouldn't have happened at all if we hadn't discovered a First Law problem with the camera just before showtime." And "Doug wasn't getting anywhere romantically until he applied the Third Law with Linda."