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The Authors' Licensing and Collecting Societyopens in new window

The Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS) represents the interests of all UK writers and aims to ensure writers are fairly compensated for any works that are copied, broadcast or recorded.

ALCS is dedicated to protecting and promoting authors’ rights:

  • by encouraging the establishment of collective licensing schemes, where appropriate
  • by fostering an awareness of copyright issues to enable writers to maximise their income, and
  • by ensuring that fees resulting from such schemes are efficiently collected and distributed.

Run by writers for writers, ALCS has distributed over £130 million to writers since its inception in 1977. It is the largest writers’ organisation in the UK, with over 54,000 members, and in the last financial year ALCS paid out a total of £13.6 million to over 42,000 writers.

http://www.alcs.co.uk (opens in new window)

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