collective work
Joint creative effort
A collective work is a creation assembled from separate contributions into a unified whole—an anthology, encyclopedia, or magazine where individual pieces retain distinct authorship but combine under editorial direction.
Copyright law treats collective works specially: contributors may own their individual pieces while the compiler holds rights to the collection's selection and arrangement.
The professor's essay appeared in a collective work on climate policy.
- committeeAppointed group for duties
- anthologyCollected literary works volume
- cooperativeJointly operated enterprise
- compilationGathered works assembled together
- communityCollective of connected people
co-authorship · synergy · mutual aid · solidarity · guild · coalition · assembly · task force · group project · coordination · brainstorming · consortium · delegation · partnership · collaborative research · network · union · facilitation
collective worksolo work
Creation by one person
solo piece · independent work · one-man show · solo project · monograph
collective workunilateral action
collective worksole proprietorship
Unincorporated individual-owned business
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