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Copyright Clearance

 

Requesting Copyright Permission from Publishers

HOW TO REQUEST COPYRIGHT PERMISSION FROM PUBLISHERS

http://www.publishers.org/main/HigherEducation/HigherEd_Comm/higherEd_Comm_01_02.htm
A step-by-step guide from the Campus Copyright Education Program of the Association of American Publishers. It includes a standardized request form.

GETTING PERMISSION

http://www.utsystem.edu/OGC/IntellectualProperty/permissn.htm
A copyright clearance guide from the University of Texas.

COPYRIGHT CLEARANCE CENTER
http://www.copyright.com/
Copyright Clearance Center, Inc., the largest licenser of photocopy reproduction rights in the world, was formed in 1978 to facilitate compliance with U.S. copyright law. CCC provides licensing systems for the reproduction and distribution of copyrighted materials in print and electronic formats throughout the world. The company currently manages rights relating to over 1.75 million works and represents more than 9,600 publishers and hundreds of thousands of authors and other creators, directly or through their representatives. CCC-licensed customers in the U.S. number over 9,000 corporations and subsidiaries (including 90 of the Fortune 100 companies), as well as thousands of government agencies, law firms, document suppliers, libraries, academic institutions, copy shops and bookstores.

Contacting Publishers
ACQWEB’S DIRECTORY OF PUBLISHERS AND VENDORS
http://www.acqweb.org/pub_alph/a.html
This list is no longer being maintained, but is still an excellent resource for locating publisher’s addresses.

UNIVERSITY PRESS CATALOGS
http://aaup.uchicago.edu
Links to the catalogs of university presses from the Association of American University Presses.

If You Want to Learn More About Copyright

CUA OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PAGE
http://counsel.cua.edu/copyright/resources/

COPYRIGHT RESOURCES ONLINE
http://www.library.yale.edu/~okerson/copyproj.html
A comprehensive page of information and web links from Yale University.

KNOW YOUR COPY RIGHTS
http://www.knowyourcopyrights.org/
Simple guidelines created by the Association of Research Libraries.

COPYRIGHT AND FAIR USE
http://fairuse.stanford.edu/
Fair use discussion, documents, and links from Stanford University.

U.S. COPYRIGHT OFFICE
http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/
Information from the agency that puts the "right" in "copyright." Site provides the agency’s Copyright Circulars in PDF format.