TEMPLATE -- COPYRIGHT PERMISSION LETTER

Dear [XX Company/Organization],

We are [Class X] of [School X] in [City/State/Country], and we are participating in the Global Virtual Classroom Contest (the "Contest"), a website design contest for multinational teams of primary and secondary students. The Contest is part of the Global Virtual Classroom, a free online educational program sponsored and organized by the Give Something Back International Foundation. It's been a great learning experience for our class.

Our team [GVC-XX] has created a website on the [topic/theme of X]. We respectfully request your permission to republish the following copyrighted works in our website: 

Title of work: [Photo of astronaut John Glenn]					

Name of copyright holder:  [Bob Photographer]				

Name of publication or website: [XYZ online magazine,  www.XYZmag/what's new]
(book, magazine, newspaper, song title, website URL and name, etc.)

Date of publication: (mm/dd/yy) : [November 1-15, 1998]

Name of publisher: [XYZ Media Company]

Content to be used: [one photo GIF file]

(number of pages, etc.)

[Please complete the above information for each copyrighted work.]

All Contest team websites are maintained and archived on a secure server by the Global Virtual Classroom Project Manager. Until the Contest winners announcement at the end of March, 2004, all team websites are not publicly accessible. From the beginning of April, 2004, the websites will be made accessible to the public from the Global Virtual Classroom program website at http://virtualclassroom.org

We agree to: 

1. cite the copyright holder and publisher in our team website.
2. not alter or change the content. 
3. use the material only as described above.

If you agree to our request, please sign this letter below and fax it to us at the fax number below OR send an e-mail stating your consent.

Since our team website must be completed and submitted to the Contest by March, 2005, we would be very grateful if you could send us permission before January 30, 2000. 

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For and on behalf of [company/organization name], I agree to give permission to [X School of VC-XX] to publish and archive the above-mentioned copyrighted materials in its Global Virtual Classroom Contest 2003 team website maintained within the Global Virtual Classroom program website.

Signed ____________________________________________________


Name and Title _____________________________________________

Company/Organization Name __________________________________

Date ______________________________________________________


If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.  For more information about the Global Virtual Classroom Contest 2003, please visit http://virtualclassroom.org

Most sincerely,

Teacher Name
Global Virtual Classroom Contest Team #
School Name
Address
Tel and Fax
E-mail:
School website: