Managing Copyright in Your Thesis

Managing Copyright In Your Thesis

As the author of your thesis, it is your responsibility to seek clearance or permission if your thesis contains material subject to copyright.
Examples of copyright material you may need to seek permission for include:

Figures & tables
Images
Articles written by the author but where the author has assigned their copyright to a publisher

To help you manage this process, please refer to UniSA's Thesis Toolkit [PDF]. It has useful information pertaining to theses and contains a sample permission letter [DOCx] and copyright material log [DOCx].

Requesting Permission

Who to contact, using the Copyright Clearance Center and publisher policies

Your Questions Answered

Have you included images, AV content or more than a short quote in your thesis?

Useful Links

Copyright, publishing and theses: When is permission required? A 3 minute video explaining when you might need to seek permission for including previously published material in your thesis, followed by a demonstration of how to use the Copyright Clearance centre to get those permissions.