What if the copyright owner doesn’t respond to letter, fax, or e-mail requests in about 4 weeks?
• Check to be certain that your original request included your own contact information, especially a fax number and an e-mail address. • If the copyright owner is a traditional publishing company, verify your contact information and check to see whether an Internet option is available. Otherwise, follow up with a phone call, fax, or e-mail. Keep trying until you get permission. • If copyright is held by the authors and the corresponding author does not respond to your requests, try contacting one of the coauthors, who may be able to help you locate the corresponding author. • If the copyright owner is a company, organization, or government agency, verify the contact information—a phone call might work best—and try again. • If the copyright owner is outside the United States, verify the contact information and try again. Be sure to include a fax number for a reply. • Keep copies of all of your permission requests, including follow-up requests. If you are unable to obtain permission afte
