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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:

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.

Creation, creation, education: Young people and copyright

In the bicentenary year of Dickens’ birth, ALCS has developed run two Dickensian themed projects for schools.

To see more about our copyright education projects, see here.

21/05/2012 16:12:39
CLA launch 'Copyright Geek'

The CLA have launched an engaging ‘all-you-need-to-know’ website for schools.
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09/05/2012 17:00:35
DCMS Consultation on PLR

The DCMS has published a consultation document concerning the future administration of PLR.
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01/05/2012 11:29:44
High Court Ruling Pirate Bay

The High Court ruled yesterday that UK internet service providers (ISPS) must block content-sharing website The Pirate Bay.
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16/04/2012 12:08:12
Contract buyouts 'divorce' authors from their work

The Society of Audiovisual Authors (SAA) are calling for an end to buyout contracts in Europe, which they say deprives writers of legitimate income.
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30/03/2012 11:25:35
SoA Children’s Writers and Illustrators Group

ALCS Members are being offered a special rate for the Conference being held in Reading - book before 10 April.
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09/02/2012 11:14:22
What the Dickens is Copyright?

Celebrating 200 years of Charles Dickens; copyright education programme ‘What the Dickens’ was launched at the House of Commons on Tuesday night.
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