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Resources to help you determine whether you need to seek permission to use source material.

Do I need permission to use source material?

Use of Original Work not Created by You

If you are publishing your work, you need to secure copyright permissions from the original copyright owner if the work contains third party content (including but limited to images, large quantities of journal or book content, tables and figures, music and other accompanying material).  Consult the library copyright web page for additional guidance on this topic: http://lib.calpoly.edu/copyright.