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'''Permission to use copyrighted material''' typically involves a five-step procedure:

* Determine if permission is needed.
* Identify the owner.
* Identify the rights needed.
* Contact the owner and negotiate whether payment is required.
* Get your permission agreement in writing.

== Sample permission request letter ==

<pre>
Sample Letter Requesting Permission to Reproduce Copyrighted Material

Permissions Department
[Publisher]
[Address]


Dear ___________________:

I am writing to ask your permission to (check all that apply)

_____	reprint
_____	photocopy
_____	digitize
_____	incorporate into

_____	course materials
_____	online course materials
_____	a dissertation/thesis
_____	a website publication	
the following material:

	Author:

	Title:

	Vol:	Issue:

	Page #(s):	Figure/	Table #(s):
		Image #(s:)

	Minutes:

The material will be distributed/published as follows:	

	Purpose:  [Not-for-profit,  educational]
							
	Format:

	Number of Copies:

	Distribution/Access:

If you do not control copyright in the requested materials, I would appreciate any information you can provide about others to whom I should write, including most recent address if available.

Sincerely,




PERMISSION GRANTED: 

I have the authority to grant the permission requested herein and I hereby grant Cornell University permission to use the above referenced material in the manner described.

I request that the credit line read:

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________



Copyright Holder's Signature

________________________________
Author's Name			


________________________________

________________________________

________________________________
Address

________________________________
Date
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== See also ==

* [[Copyright]]
* [[Intellectual property]]

== External links ==

* [http://fairuse.stanford.edu/overview/introduction/getting-permission/ The Basics of Getting Permission] @ stanford.edu
* [http://www.copyright.gov/circs/m10.pdf How to Obtain Permission] (PDF) @ copyright.gov
* [http://www.dmlp.org/legal-guide/getting-permission-use-work-others Getting Permission to Use the Work of Others] @ dmlp.org


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