a work created by two or more persons but organized on the initiative of a natural person or a legal entity in whose name it is disclosed or published
a work, such as an encyclopedia or anthology, that includes a number of separate smaller works
Compiled content, from a number of contributions, created as separate and independent works, and then are assembled into a collective whole for distribution and use.
(As defined by the Copyright Statute) A "collective work" is a work, such as a periodical issue, anthology, or encyclopedia, in which a number of contributions, constituting separate and independent works in themselves, are assembled into a collective whole. 17 U.S.C. ยง 101.
Defined in ' 101 of the Copyright Act as a work in which a number of contributions constituting separate and independent works in themselves are assembled into a collective whole, such as a newspaper.
For copyright purposes, a work, such as a periodical, anthology or encyclopedia, in which a number of separate and independent works are assembled into one work. To create a collective work, permission must be obtained from the owners of the copyrights of the constituent parts (assuming such parts are not already in the public domain). Although the author of the compilation may not own the copyright to any of the individual parts, the creativity involved in selecting and organizing the constituent materials is in itself protected by copyright.