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Part of the IEEE IPR Tutorial SeriesPart of the IEEE IPR Tutorial Series
This Tutorial provides information and This Tutorial provides information and guidance for those who want to obtain guidance for those who want to obtain rights to reuse copyrighted material.rights to reuse copyrighted material.
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Key points that will be covered in the Tutorial:Key points that will be covered in the Tutorial:
The protections and benefits of copyright
The process for requesting permission
Attribution guidelines for reused material
IEEE authors’ retained rights to reuse their own work
The purpose of permission
and the Purpose of Permission
The Value of Copyright
The expanding universe of digital information provides researchers and authors with access to more content more quickly and easily.
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The Value of Copyright
This is why it is important to understand copyright, and the appropriate way to reuse content.
This abundance of digital information can create the impression that all content that is so easily accessed may be reused just as easily, without restrictions.
The Value of Copyright
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Copyright ensures those who create works (rightsholders) are able to benefit from their works if they choose to do so.
“To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries”
This right was established in Section 8 of the first article of the US Constitution:
Having an exclusive right to sell and distribute their own works
The Value of Copyright
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Copyright protects the work of rightsholders from:Copyright also allows rightsholders to benefit commercially from their works by:
Plagiarism
Unauthorized distribution
Unauthorized reproduction
Giving some or all of those rights to others.
The Value of Copyright
But the buyer’s rights don’t include copying or reprinting the book, scanning and emailing it to another person, or posting it on a web site.
For example, under the first-sale doctrine, rightsholders agree that a person who buys a book is considered the owner of that physical copy and may lend, resell, or destroy the book.
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The Value of Copyright
In order to reuse a copyrighted work in these ways, must be given by the rightsholder.
permission
The Value of Copyright
The Purpose of Permission
The Value of Copyrightand
Permission is necessary to:
Use portions of a work in a new creation
Make photocopies of a work
Distribute a work to others
Revise a work and publish it either in print or on-line
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The Purpose of Permission
Authors reuse and reference previously published work to support new research in their own work.
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The Purpose of Permission
Scholarly publishing not only creates a body of work, it also creates references, which are used by authors when they build upon past work.
Most publishers have a permissions department to facilitate the provision of rights to reuse published work.
The IEEE IPR Office is the central permission granting service for all of IEEE’s publications.
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The Purpose of Permission
The IPR Office grants permission to authors, as well as teachers, librarians, and other knowledge workers who would like to obtain rights to reuse IEEE copyrighted material.
How to Request Permission
How to Request Permission
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Requests to reuse content need to be sent to the rightsholder. The copyright page at the beginning of a publication typically will provide necessary contact information.
Requests should be sent in writing with ample time before any deadlines to allow the rightsholder to respond.
Permission requests should include the following information about the previously published IEEE material to be reused:
Paper title
Authors’ names
IEEE publication title
Publication date
How to Request Permission
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from IEEE
Description of material to be reused (i.e., the entire work, or only portions)
How to Request Permission from IEEE
Also, the request should describe:
Where the material will appear
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How the material will be reused
• Publisher name and publication title• School name and Course title• URL of the web site
• In a book?• In a journal or magazine?• In a classroom?• On a CD?• On a web site?
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The IEEE IPR Office will send a written response to a permission request. In most cases, the only requirements will be:
How to Request Permission from IEEE
Give full attribution to the original source
Obtain the author's approval.
In some cases, a republication fee may also be required.
Reprinted, with permission, from [Title of Paper] by [Author Names], in [IEEE Publication Title], [Date]
Attribution must include:
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© [Year] IEEE.
A credit notice with the paper title, author names, publication title and date of publication.
Attribute IEEE Copyrighted MaterialHow to Request Permission from IEEE
The IEEE copyright notice
IEEE Authors’ Retained Rights
Authors have rights to reuse their own IEEE copyrighted papers in many ways without asking IEEE for permission, such as:
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Reusing figures and tables in a new paper
Reusing portions of text in new paper
Revising and republishing a paper
Distributing a paper to colleagues and students
Posting a paper on an online server owned by the author, or his/her institution
IEEE Authors’ Retained Rights
For other types of reuse of their own material, authors may need to request permission from IEEE, especially in the case of granting third-party requests for republishing and commercial use.
IEEE Authors’ Retained Rights
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Requesting permission to reuse content may seem daunting, but in fact the process is often completed very easily.
Most rightsholders are willing to accommodate permission requests quickly, and will provide straightforward instructions to ensure the content will be reused properly.
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Additional Information
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The following web sites provide additional information about permissions:
Additional Information
Association of American Publishers (AAP)-How to request copyright permissionhttp://www.publishers.org/main/Copyright/copyPermission_01.htm
US Copyright Office-Fair use FAQhttp://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-fairuse.html
Copyright Advisory Network Wiki-Collection of copyright law resources http://librarycopyright.net/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page
Standford University-Introduction to the permissions processhttp://fairuse.stanford.edu/Copyright_and_Fair_Use_Overview/chapter1/index.html
The following web sites provide additional information about permissions:
Additional Information
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Professional and Scholarly Publishing-Publishing factshttp://www.pspcentral.org/pubFacts/pubFacts_001.cfm
Copyright Clearance Center (CCC)-Licensing and permission servicehttp://www.copyright.com/
IEEE IPR Office445 Hoes Lane
Piscataway, NJ 08854732-562-3966
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Questions about IEEE’s permissions policy, or requests for permission to use IEEE copyrighted material, should be sent to:
Additional Information
for other tutorials on IPR-related topics, such as:
• Copyright • Plagiarism• Author Rights• Trademarks• Patents
Please visit the IEEE IPR Office web site at
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www.ieee.org/copyrights/tutorials
This concludes the IEEE IPR Office Permissions Tutorial. This concludes the IEEE IPR Office Permissions Tutorial.
We hope it helped to provide a better understanding We hope it helped to provide a better understanding of the process of requesting permission.of the process of requesting permission.
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