Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

collective work

Copyright. 1. A publication (such as a periodical issue, anthology, or encyclopedia) in which several contributions, constituting separate and independent works in themselves, are assembled into a copyrightable whole. 2. A selection and arrangement of brief portions of different movies, television shows, or radio shows into a single copyrightable work. ( If the selecting and arranging involves any originality, the person who selects and arranges the clips may claim a copyright even if copyright cannot be claimed in the individual component parts. Cf. COMPILATION (1)