You will need to request permission to use a copyrighted work when your use is NOT:
- Permitted under an exception such as fair dealing in the Copyright Act of Canada. Note that fair dealing is situational. For example, it may be fair dealing for you to copy and adapt someone else's code to use in your assignment with citation but if you want to commercialize your work with the copyrighted content, you will probably need to request permission.
- Covered by an existing licence. Resources available from library databases are licensed for internal educational uses only so permission is necessary if you want to share a resource from a database with someone outside of Sheridan.
Alternatively, consider using a public domain or copyright friendly material (see the Creative Commons & Public Domain section of the Finding Images Guide).
To request permission, feel free to use the following template letter and adapt it to your needs.