# Copyright permission - who do i contact?

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**Created:** [October 25, 2001, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copyright-permission-who-do-i-contact/89623 "2001-10-25T19:43:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![sethdallob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@sethdallob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sethdallob)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2001, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copyright-permission-who-do-i-contact/89623/1 "2001-10-25T19:43:26Z")

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I edit a small monthly newsletter (28 pages, \< 2,000 circulation) for the Los Angeles chapter of Mensa, and would like to reprint an article every month in it. Who do I contact for copyright info? Do you think that they would give permission without cost?

Seth

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**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2001, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copyright-permission-who-do-i-contact/89623/2 "2001-10-25T21:17:18Z")

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You mean a Straight Dope column or Staff Report? Probably ask Cecil or the Chicago _Reader_.

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