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Where to get permission
Here are some options for getting a copyright clearance.
Make sure you identify all the copyright owners; there may be more than one.
Make sure you identify all the copyright owners; there may be more than one.
| Collecting societies | Your use may be licensed by a copyright collecting society. In some cases you may need a licence from more than one collecting society (eg playing recorded music in public can require a licence from both APRA and PPCA) | |
| Licensing organisations | The use of images associated with characters such as The Simpsons and
The Wiggles is often licensed by a commercial licensing organisation,
such as Gaffney International Licensing Pty Ltd,
Haven Licensing Pty Ltd, and Copyrights
Australasia. | |
| Copyright clearance services | Some organisations offer a copyright
clearance service for a fee. CAL’s Copyright Express service is such a
service. It is primarily for material published in books, magazines and
newspapers. The National Film and Sound Archive offers a copyright
clearance service for films in its collection. The Copyright Clearance Centre is a US-based organisation, affiliated with Copyright Agency Limited, which offers copyright clearance services. People who do copyright clearances for film are listed in the Encore Directory. | |
| You know who owns copyright, but not how to contact them | Often you will
be able to work out who the copyright owner probably is (for example,
from the copyright notice or some other information on the item or its
packaging). Finding organisations and people has become much easier
with online search engines such as Google and online telephone
directories, but you still may not be able to work out how to contact
the copyright owner. This happens more often when the copyright owner
is an individual rather than an organisation, and if the material is
from overseas. If the organisation is an Australian company, you may be able to get information about it from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission – for example, you can find out if the company has been taken over or is trading under a new name. If the copyright owner is an Australian creator, and you have been unable to contact him or her through the relevant collecting society (such as APRA, CAL or VISCOPY), you may be able to contact them through their professional association or union. | |
| You don't know who owns copyright | If the material has been used by someone else, they may be able to tell you how they got permission. For example, if you want to use something from a book or magazine, try contacting the publisher. Book publishers usually have a staff member responsible for copyright permissions. Similarly, if what you want to use is on a website, contact the webmaster of that site for information about where the website proprietors got permission. |
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