Permissions
Our rates are based on current ASA (Australian Society of Authors) guidelines. We ask that all permissions and rights requests be forwarded initially via email to reception@curtisbrown.com.au.
The subject heading should be entered as “Author/Estate name: Title of Work”. For example, if you wish to request permission to reproduce Dorothea Mackellar’s My Country, please enter “Dorothea Mackellar: My Country” as the subject heading.
Please allow a minimum of two weeks for the processing of your request.
Follow this link if you require performance rights.
For permissions relating to print or electronic rights, please provide us with the following information (feel free to copy and paste this list into your contact email):
- Title and author of the relevant work
- Publishing details of the relevant work (which book did you get it from? Who published it? In what year?)
- For book extracts include page number(s) and word count. For poetry include line count (even if you are using the whole poem). Please also note if you would like to adapt the work, and how.
- Format of proposed publication (book, school exam, calendar etc)
- Title of proposed publication
- Author of proposed publication
- The publisher
- Publishing date (or approximation)
- RRP of the publication
- Territories for which you are seeking permission
- Print run (number of copies to be produced). Please indicate if this includes electronic rights and provide the split ie. 5,000 total – 4,000 print / 1,000 electronic
- License term (if applicable)
- Indicate if you wish to apply for any of the following: exclusive rights, translation rights, sub-licensing rights. **Please note that none of the above rights will be included in any agreement unless specifically requested and negotiated with our office**
- Your postal address
- Any other relevant information
If you are requesting rights that do not fall under the categories of print, electronic or performance, please use the above list to provide as much information as possible. Explain the nature of your project under ‘Any other relevant information’.
Please note that our invoice terms for all permissions are strictly 14 days.
