How do they fit into the publishing ecology and what value do they bring? And what of their advocacy, power of collective bargaining and their role as we look to the future? Join SoA Advisory Clinic hosts Johanna Clarke and Theo Jones discuss all this and more, featuring contributions from Richard Combes from the Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society and Harry Boughton, from the Copyright Licensing Agency.

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Licensing bodies and collective management organisations – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) 

The Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society ALCS 

Intellectual Property Office – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) 

The Copyright Licensing Agency https://cla.co.uk/ 

ALCS | Our heritage 

Public Lending Right (PLR): Eligibility & Registration – The British Library 

ALCS | Why writers are at a loss for words 

A profession struggling to sustain itself – The Society of Authors 

ALCS | Become a Member 

ALCS | Royalty Search 

ALCS | Our team 

ALCS | Terms and Conditions of Membership 

Publishers’ Licensing Services (PLS). 

DACS, the Design & Artists Copyright Society is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to championing, protecting and managing the rights of artists, and maximising their royalties. – DACS 

Book Aid International https://bookaid.org/ 

Copyright Licensing Agency | Not-For-Profit Organisation | CLA 

The Write Share – A campaign from the Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS) to address industry-wide challenges faced by writers and promote solutions to support our world-class talent and protect the future of the UK’s creative industries. 

Tom Chatfield – Website of the author and tech philosopher 

ALCS | ALCS launches the Write Share campaign 

ALCS | Take our survey on AI 

ALCS | ALCS welcomes Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill 

ALCS | AI and authors: What comes next