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IEEE has partnered with the Copyright Clearance Center to provide a Web-based permission service using RightsLink®. This service offers users the opportunity to obtain permission to reuse IEEE Journal, Conference, and Standards copyrighted materials quickly, easily, and legally.
To use RightsLink, locate the content you wish to reuse in IEEE Xplore. Then click the "request permission" link found on the abstract page or the Table of Contents page associated with that content.
If you are a publisher who would like to clear extended rights, please visit www.copyright.com.
If you find there is no link present, please check the copyright ownership as IEEE may not be the rights holder for this content.
The following is intended to provide you with information on how to obtain the permission necessary for you to republish or redistribute IEEE copyrighted material.
Obtaining permission through RightsLink
IEEE is pleased to offer RightsLink, an automated permission service integrated within IEEE Xplore to provide users with quick and easy responses to their permission requests.
For existing RightsLink customers with license inquiries or billing or technical issues, please contact the CCC Customer Care Department at customercare@copyright.com.
If you have questions or would like additional information about RightsLink, please contact:
IEEE Author Relations and Content Discoverability
IEEE Product Design
445 Hoes Lane
Piscataway, NJ 08854
E-mail: pubs-permissions@ieee.org
Requesting permission through IEEE
If you are not able to use the RightsLink service, permission requests may be sent to the IEEE IPR Office at pubs-permissions@ieee.org. In requesting permission, please describe the material you are interested in using by providing the following information:
1. author name(s);
2. paper title;
3. IEEE publication title (i.e., journal, magazine, or conference title).
Next, please describe how you would like to reuse the material (e.g., to be reprinted in a book or an upcoming issue of journal). Please include the publisher's name and the publication title.
Please be sure to indicate whether you would like to reuse all of, portions of, or only figures/tables from the paper. With respect to portions or figures, please describe the specific material.
If you are facing a deadline, you should indicate by what date you will need to hear back from IEEE.
The response letter will grant permission. In most cases, the only requirements will be to give full credit to the original source and to obtain the author's approval (as a courtesy to the author). In cases involving the republication or sale of the material, a fee may also be required.
