Welcome to The Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society

ALCS is a membership organisation for writers run by its Members, for its Members.
 
Here you can find out all about the work we do to:

  • Protect and promote the rights of authors writing in all disciplines
  • Ensure authors receive fair payment for the various uses of their work

Lifetime membership of ALCS costs £25. This one-off fee ensures that you receive payment of any money that is due to you for use of your work.

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ALCS AGM 2009 - Thurs 26th November

This years AGM will, for the first time, be held outside of London. The AGM will take place in the Merchant Adventurers' Hall in York. We hope  that this will provide many of you with the opportunity of attending for the first time.

If you haven't yet confirmed your attendance and would like to come, email us now with your ALCS reference. 
image(c) the Company of Merchant Adventurers of the City of York

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    Maureen Duffy on the revised Google settlement

    A press conference was held today at the Society of Authors in which a statement by Maureen Duffy was made public.

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  • 12/11/2009 14:55:30

    Murdoch wants Google to remove content

    Rupert Murdoch has made it known earlier this week that he wants to bar Google from listing news content belonging to his companies.

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  • 12/11/2009 12:12:25

    600,000 Xbox Live Gamers Disconnected

    It is estimated that 600,000 Xbox gamers who have modified their game consoles to play pirated games have been cut off from the Xbox Live service by Microsoft.

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