Permission - Copyright: Students - study and research - University Library at The University of Notre Dame Australia

Getting permission takes time
Don't leave this until the last minute as it can sometimes take months to receive permission. Also, the copyright owner has the right to say no, or alternatively they may say yes, but charge you a fee or ask you to sign a licence agreement.

If you have the copyright owners contact details, put your request in writing, including:
- who you are
- how and why you want to use the work
- the amount of work you wish to use
- where is will be made available (eg. Research Online - The University of Notre Dame Australia open access research repository)
- and state CLEARLY that you are seeking permission to use the work for the non-commercial purposes of publishing your thesis, etc.
Alternatively, some (if not nearly all) publisher websites have information including permission forms available for these purposes. Search for the publisher and look for 'permissions' on their website.

TIP: A great source of publisher information is the SherpaRoMEO site. It contains information on how to obtain permission to use a work from a specific publisher or journal title.

SHERPA/RoMEO
Aggregates and analyses international publisher open access policies and provides summaries of publisher copyright and open access archiving policies

Films and television broadcasts

Screenrights
May be able to provide contact details for a copyright owner or a film production company.

Musical works and sound recordings

APRA/AMCOS
APRA/AMCOS are often able to give permission on the copyright owner's behalf.

Other ways to locate a Copyright Owner

Where the copyright owner or creator cannot be identified
The work becomes an orphaned work. Contact the Copyright Officer for further assistance.
Creative Commons Licences
If the work you want to re-use contains a Creative Commons licence, view the license permissions here if they are not already stipulated with the work.
If the publisher cannot give permission
The Copyright Agency Limited (CAL) may be able to direct you to the copyright owner.

Permission(s) statement within your publication

List of publications included as part of this thesis:

List all published work included with the full bibliographic citations in the order they appear in the thesis. If necessary include a statement that the publication is refereed and provide the evidence in an appendix.
Provide a statement at one end to indicate that permission regarding copyright has been obtained from publishers where necessary.

Appendices

This should include:

the Statement of Contribution by Others
permission obtained from publishers