Rights clearance support
We offer a comprehensive rights clearance service for organisations for items including text, archival content, images, audio and film footage. We offer on-demand advice for all rights queries and have unrivalled experience, knowledge and research resources to resolve the most complex rights projects. The service includes:
- Guidance documentation for risk management and rights clearance strategy (copyright status, due diligence, orphan works and appetite for risk)
- Rights clearance procedures
- Rights identification and research
- Tracing and negotiating licences
- Tracing rights holders and reasonable searches
- Orphan works analysis and advice
- Checking privileged sources of information
- Risk assessments where clearances have not been sought
- Drafting template letters and forms