Jan 16 2009
Step One: What Do You Have? What Do You Need?
As promised in my last post, I’ll now go over what you need to start your permissions search. It’s not that complicated once you make a plan. This can be a linear plan (for you left-brain thinkers) or a diagram (for you right-brain thinkers). As long as you gather all the information, your organizational style doesn’t matter.
You obviously know what it is you are using-an essay, a cartoon, a newspaper article, song lyrics, and so on-but there’s no shortcut now. You need the details.
1. What is the complete title of the material you are using?
2. Who is the creator of the material you are using?
3. What is the source of the material?
4. Who owns the copyright?
If you don’t have all this information yet, don’t panic! Simply leave the question unanswered until you find the missing information. How do you find the missing information? Stay tuned for the next post!
Below are examples of completed questions covering five different sources.
Cartoon
What is the complete title of the material you are using?
“Enlightened, Educational, Contemporary Toys”
Who is the creator of the material you are using?
Cathy Guisewite
What is the source of the material you are using?
CATHY 6/26/1996
Who owns the copyright?
© 1996 Cathy Guisewite. Reprinted with permission of Universal Press Syndicate.
Essay
What is the complete title of the material you are using?
“Identifying Victims After a Disaster”
Who is the creator of the material you are using?
Dick Gould
What is the source of the material you are using?
Anthropology News, Vol. 46, No. 8: 22-23
Who owns the copyright?
Copyright 2005 by American Anthropological Association
Magazine article
What is the complete title of the material you are using?
“Desperately Debating Housewives”
Who is the creator of the material you are using?
Jennifer L. Pozner and Jessica Seigel
What is the source of the material you are using?
MS Magazine, Spring 2005, pp. 40-43
Who owns the copyright?
Reprinted by permission of MS. Magazine © 2005
Music
What is the complete title of the material you are using?
“Mood Indigo” music and lyrics
Who is the creator of the material you are using?
Words and music by Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, and Albany Bigard
What is the source of the material you are using?
Sophisticated Ladies
Who owns the copyright?
Copyright © 1931 (Renewed 1958) and Assigned to EMI Mills Music, Inc., Famous Music Corporation, and Indigo Mood Music c/o The Songwriters Guild of America in the U.S.A. Rights for the world outside the U.S.A. controlled by EMI Mills Music, Inc.
Newspaper article
What is the complete title of the material you are using?
“Onstage Magic with Water”
Who is the creator of the material you are using?
Mel Gussow
What is the source of the material you are using?
The New York Times, 7/28/88, E1-E3
Who owns the copyright?
Copyright © 1998 by The New York Times Co.
Play
What is the complete title of the material you are using?
Far Away
Who is the creator of the material you are using?
Caryl Churchill
What is the source of the material you are using?
Far Away by Caryl Churchill
Who owns the copyright?
Copyright © 2000 by Caryl Churchill Ltd. Reprinted by permission of the publishers: www.nickhernbooks.co.uk.
© 2009 Anne Wallingford. All Rights Reserved.
