Copyright Permission Resources

To determine if works are in public domain

When Works Pass Into The Public Domain
http://www.unc.edu/~unclng/public-d.htm

To copy or digitize copies of book chapters or journal articles

Copyright Clearance Center (CCC)
http://www.copyright.com/

You may get permission within 24 hours if the work is already registered with CCC. There is a processing fee.

To copy works from newspapers or other news organizations

Search the Libraries' online journals.

Also, some major newspapers provide on-line archives that can be linked.

To duplicate musical works (compositions)

Music licensing agencies:

• ASCAP
  http://www.ascap.com
• BMI
  http://www.bmi.com/licensing/
• SESAC
  http://www.sesac.com/licensing/licensing1.asp

To duplicate sound recordings (musical performances)

Harry Fox Agency, Inc., includes the Song File Index of songs represented by HFA.
http://www.nmpa.org/hfa.html

Or the recording company, artist or producer (the rights holder is indicated by the encircled "P" on the label). See the Recording Industry Assoc. of America
http://www.riaa.com/Licensing-Licen-4.cfm

To duplicate images

Media Image Resource Alliance, MIRA
http://www.mira.com/

To duplicate motion pictures

Motion Picture Licensing Corporation, MPLC
http://www.mplc.com/index2.htm

If you do not know whether the work is copyrighted

Searching Online U.S. Copyright Office Records
http://www.loc.gov/copyright/rb.html

If you can not identify the publisher

For books, search Literary Marketplace or Books in Print

For journals, search Ulrich's International Periodicals