• How ALCS began
• Who we work with
• Mission and values
• Board of Directors
• Our people

Mission and values

ALCS is dedicated to protecting & promoting authors' rights:

• by encouraging the establishment of collective licensing schemes, where appropriate, and ensuring that fees resulting from such schemes are efficiently collected and distributed, and

• by building an understanding of the contribution writers make to the economy and society as a whole.

"There aren't many things that unite writers - we're a diverse and opinionated bunch - but mention of the ALCS wins goodnatured approval from any member I have ever met. We all know that the ALCS is working hard and diligently on our behalf, doing what we could never do individually by obtaining payment for the use of our work - and supporting our profession in many, many other ways. And how very welcome are those cheques when they appear."

Mavis Cheek