Enrichment · Arts & Creativity

Publish student work
with every right in hand.

A student who writes a poem owns it, and so does the band whose lyrics it quotes. Before an issue goes to print or online, each piece needs the creator’s written OK, sometimes a parent’s, and a status for everything inside it that someone else made. Track it here, piece by piece.

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$5one-time · every device you sign in on
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Included with the Caveat Academy pass and Whole-school licenses. Or get it in the Arts & Creativity collection, $69 for 23 items.

Your pieces

The worked example is made up: a poem with pop song lyrics as an epigraph, and a photo essay with classmates and a mural in it. Saved on this device only.

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What you get

Enrichment · Arts & Creativity$5

What you finish with
A record per piece: title, type, the creator’s code, whether they are under 18, their permission, where it will appear, every outside item with its source and status, the credit line and seven checks. Counts outside items needing permission and fair use calls; flags missing releases, parent signatures, items to clear or cut, fair use limits, recognizable people and online use.
Who it is for
Student editors and staff of literary magazines, newspapers, yearbooks and anthologies, and their teacher advisers.
Format
Browser organizer with a saved record per piece. Prints one piece’s clearance record, the whole issue in a table or a blank sheet; downloads a spreadsheet (.csv); exports and imports a file.
Access
$5 one-time, yours on every device you sign in on; the tool opens once you are signed in with it. Included with the Caveat Academy pass and Whole-school licenses. Also in the Arts & Creativity collection ($69) and the Enrichment Suite pass ($119), and 1 more bundle. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives
The Arts & Creativity space in Caveat Enrichment.
Support
Questions about access, an order or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.

How to use it

  1. Add each piece with its creator’s code.
  2. Get the release signed, and a parent’s if needed.
  3. List anything inside it that someone else made.
  4. Mark each item’s status and clear or cut what needs it.
  5. Save a copy of every permission with the issue.

Add a piece

Can we publish it

Can we publish it1Who made itA student owns their own workfrom the moment it exists2Their OKA signed release, and aparent’s if under 183What is insideQuotes, lyrics, images, musicmade by others4Is it free to usePublic domain or an openlicense, with credit5Is it fair useBrief, commented on, notreplacing the original6OtherwiseWritten permission, or leaveit outCan we publish it1Who made itA student owns their own work from themoment it exists2Their OKA signed release, and a parent’s ifunder 183What is insideQuotes, lyrics, images, music made byothers4Is it free to usePublic domain or an open license, withcredit5Is it fair useBrief, commented on, not replacing theoriginal6OtherwiseWritten permission, or leave it out
In the United States, works published before 1931 are in the public domain as of 2026. A photo found online is not free to use just because it is online.

What a release says

Keep it short: the piece, the publication, print and online, how long it can stay up, the credit line, and that the creator keeps the copyright. Signed and dated by the creator, and by a parent or guardian for anyone under 18.

Open licenses

Creative Commons images and music can be used if you follow the license: credit the creator, link the license and check whether it allows changes or commercial use. Public domain works need no permission, but credit them anyway.

Sources

  1. U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright basics (Circular 1), Fair use index and Duration of copyright (copyright.gov).
  2. Student Press Law Center. Copyright and fair use for student media (splc.org).
  3. U.S. Department of Education, Student Privacy Policy Office. FERPA and directory information (studentprivacy.ed.gov).
  4. Creative Commons. About the licenses (creativecommons.org).

The worked examples are made up. This page organizes permissions; it is not legal advice. Your school’s publication policy and adviser decide what runs. Nothing you type is sent to Caveat. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.