SAMPLE PERMISSION LETTER FOR MASTER’S THESES
[letterhead stationery or return address]
[Date]
[Name and address of addressee]
Dear _______:
[Optional beginning sentence: This letter will confirm our recent telephone
conversation/e-mail exchange.] I am completing a master's thesis at the
University of Pittsburgh entitled "__________." I would like your permission to
reprint in my thesis excerpts from the following:
[Insert full citation and description of the original work.]
The excerpts to be reproduced are: [insert detailed explanation or attach copy].
The requested permission extends to any future revisions and editions of my
thesis, including non-exclusive world rights in all languages, and to the electronic
publication of my thesis by the University of Pittsburgh. These rights will in no
way restrict republication of the material in any other form by you or by others
authorized by you. Your signing of this letter will also confirm that you own [or
your company owns] the copyright to the above-described material.
If these arrangements meet with your approval, please sign this letter where
indicated below and return it to me in the enclosed return envelope. Thank you
very much.
Sincerely,
[Your name and signature]
PERMISSION GRANTED FOR THE
USE REQUESTED ABOVE:
__________________________
[Type name of addressee below signature line]
Date: ____________________