Copyright Law for Faculty
How to apply for copyright permission?
Request permission yourself
According to the Association of American Publishers the following information is necessary to process a request for copyright permission. Time is of the essence and the request should be received by the publisher/author as soon as you know you want to use the material. The following should be included:
- Author's name
- Title
- Copyright date
- ISBN or ISSN
- Numbers of exact pages
- Whether material will be used alone or combined with other photocopied material
- Number of copies to be reproduced
- Name of college
- Course name and number
- Semester and year in which material will be used
- Instructor's name
- Method of reproduction
A copy of a sample permission form is included.
Request copyright permission through the Copyright Clearance Center.
Copyright Clearance Center, Inc., the largest licenser of text 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 10,000 corporations and subsidiaries (including 92 of the Fortune 100 companies), as well as thousands of government agencies, law firms, document suppliers, libraries, academic institutions, copy shops and bookstores.
The LRC staff will assist you in completing the online forms requesting copyright permission. Once completed, the LRC will assess the cost and then determine if proceeding is possible. You will not be responsible for the charges incurred.
If there is inaccurate information on this page, please send correction or comments to: lrcdesk@chesapeake.edu