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Compilations.(cont'd)
307.1
Registrability. A compilation is registrable if its selection, coordination, or arrangement as a whole constitutes an original work of authorship. The greater the amount of material from which to select, coordinate, or order, the more likely it is that the compilation will be registrable. Where the compilation lacks a certain minimum amount of original authorship, registration will be refused. Any compilation consisting of less than four selections is considered to lack the requisite oriqinal authorship. See also section 625 of Chapter 600: REGISTRATION PROCEDURES.
Examples:
(1)
The selection and ordering of 20 of the best short stories of O. Henry would be registrable as a compilation.
(2)
Where all three of an author's plays were previously published and the present publication consists of all three plays, no registration based on compilation authorship is possible.
307.02
Telephone books, directories, price, lists, and the like. Telephone books, directories, price lists, and the like may be registered if they contain sufficient authorship in the form of compilation or other copyrightable material.
307.03
Coordination and arrangement. Reference to "coordinated" or "arranged", as used in the definition of a "compilation" in 17 U.S.C. 101, does not refer to format, but to the original ordering or groupinq of the items.
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Collective works. 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. 101.
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