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Copyright is a legal concept that applies to original written work giving the creator of the work exclusive rights to control its distribution. Copyright lasts for the life of the author plus 70 years after the author's death, after which the work enters the public domain. There are exceptions where a limited amount of material may be used without permission of the copyright owner. Some of these exceptions are listed below:
This is not an exhaustive list. For further information see the Copyright Designs and Patent Act 1988. If in doubt as to whether your request falls under these exceptions, please contact us.
Copyright in photographs / illustrations usually belongs with the photographer or illustrator rather than the publisher. You can check the copyright for the figure that you wish to use by looking at the acknowledgements, credits, and notes on the copyright page or at the back of the book. If material is attributed to another source, person or institution, please contact the cited party. Alternatively, you could contact the Association of Photographers http://www.the-aop.org/ or the Association of Illustrators http://www.theaoi.com/.
Copyright in the text of a letter belongs to the person who wrote it (or his/her heirs), regardless of the physical ownership of the letter. Please check the copyright page, or any notes to check where the rights lie. Further permission information to take into account related to particular authors' works:
Requests to use literary works by J R R Tolkien, Dr Seuss and Agatha Christie often take longer to process, so we ask you to be patient.
All requests should go directly to the Estate:
