Permissions
Having acquired and granted permissions rights (including
photographs, print, audio, foreign language, clip licensing, eBook,
website, multimedia and electronic rights) for over 15 years, Express
Permissions knows how important it is to have a skilled, knowledgeable
professional acquire and grant your intellectual property rights.
Having experience with both sides of permissions, granting and acquiring, we know the loopholes to avoid. Our expertise guarantees that you will receive more exposure when it comes to granting and efficient low cost permissions when it comes to acquiring.
ACQUIRING PERMISSIONS
We perform the entire process of rights acquiring from sending out requests to following up with rights holders, tracking rights, countersigning agreements, negotiating fees and paying all permissions fees owed to copyright holders for the use of their content.
We supply clients with a status report that displays all the relevant terms for each permissions item for each project.
This way you are delivered with the project completed and only one invoice.
Many publishers take 4-12 weeks to process a permissions request while we at Express Permissions have established working relationships with the key contacts who grant permissions to call upon during tight deadlines, which effectively shortens the time involved in acquiring permissions.
Our extensive database contains contact information for copyright holders throughout the World.
Our goal is to secure the permissions you need in the quickest and cheapest manner possible.
Express Permissions is able to clear permissions in an Express manner and complete rush jobs.
Securing rights for college course packs, customized textbooks and content for online courses at distance learning universities is also available.
GRANTING PERMISSIONS
Express Permissions will work on your behalf to generate a significant revenue stream by licensing your permissions requests.
Express Permissions will customize a permissions package that will fit the business goals of your company.
With Express Permissions each request we receive on your behalf will be given personalized attention from a real person who will carefully read each request and customize a response accordingly.
Permissions requests need never even touch your in-box; if you like, you can have requests sent directly to us. We'll negotiate the terms, receive payment, and send it to you minus a small commission.
Express Permissions will not negotiate blanket rights but will grant specific rights, which, in the end, offers more Intellectual Property protection as well as opportunities to generate more income.
Express Permissions will maximize your income from permissions by charging fair and standard industry fees for the right to reprint your material. Those fees can be dictated by you, if you wish. Of course certain high profile authors / content do warrant higher fees. We are happy to work with you and give you a breakdown of what the industry rates are for reprint rights in order to come up with a win-win situation for everyone involved.
We will work with you on how you would like the permissions grant/letter to appear and what it should state, customizing it to your liking.
OUTSOURCING PERMISSIONS
The current trend in publishing is to outsource the acquiring and granting of permissions due to the cost cutting work environment and the high production cost and health insurance for employees. Publishers recognize that permissions are better handled by those who have expertise in the area and relationships already established in the industry.
Many publishers are licensing their content to automated on-line granting services, which are not user friendly and leave the users frustrated that they constantly have to deal with a website instead of a person.
Express Permissions has a huge advantage over such on-line services. We not only undercut the commissions that automated services charge you to administer your permissions, but we at Express Permissions will also give each request we receive on your behalf personalized attention from a real person who will read each request and customize a response accordingly instead of having an automated system generate one.
Some requests are just too specialized to have an automated system grant permission; such a system does not take into account the different nuances that requests in today's multimedia arena have on a regular basis.
With the way the industry is heading, you will want to make sure you are with the right company to administer your permissions and we will work with you to customize your rights and permissions needs.