SAMPLE LETTER ASKING A PUBLISHER'S PERMISSION TO DISTRIBUTE AUDIOTAPES
(Note: increasingly audio is delivered to the labs as CDs, so the appropriate changes need to be made.)
Other information companies may request: number of students enrolled, assurance that copyright information will be on each copy/webpage created, etc.

 
 
The instructor _____________________
at our institution___________________________________
course (name/number)____________________________
for (term and year)_______________________________
has adopted your textbook (name)____________________________________.
Students enrolled in the course will be required to purchase it.

We would like to request your permission to copy and/or digitize the following items:

title of tape/CD or series__________________________________________________, 

ISBN #____________________________________________,

consisting of _____ (number) audiocassettes/CDs, 

We would like to duplicate this audio our students and instructors using the accompanying text in their course work, as follows:

  • Copies as needed kept in the Language Learning Center 
  • Copies made for personal use at home
  • Digitized audio to be delivered online via a password-protected webpage. 

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Copies will not be sold, or used in any other way than specified herein.