Directory

General Resources

• Intellectual Property Office General information about Intellectual Property and copyright in the UK
• Copyright Hub Copyright, licensing and what the creative industry is working on
• World Intellectual Property Organisation For more on copyright around the world
• Gov.uk For info about licensing your work to others
• Into film For support and resources for creative film projects
• Copyright Licensing Agency CLA licenses organisations to copy and re-use extracts from print and digital publications on behalf of the copyright owners – authors and publishers
• Copyright Licensing Agency: newspaper content CLA manages licences for newspaper content from NLA media access
• Copyright Licensing Agency: Schools Printed Music Licence CLA manages licences for printed music through the Schools Printed Music Licence
• ERA ERA provides educational establishments with a simple means of accessing and using broadcast material both in the classroom and by students at home.
• Film Bank Filmbankmedia represent many Hollywood and independent film studios and distributors licensing film screenings outside the home or cinema.
• Motion Picture Licensing Corporation MPLC is a licensing organisation for over 650 film and TV producers and distributors from major Hollywood studios to independent and foreign producers.

Rights Representing Organisations

• ALCS A collecting society which protects and promotes the rights of authors and provide teaching material on copyright for all age groups
• BAPLA British Association of Picture Libraries and Agencies, a the trade association for picture libraries in the UK
• British Phonographic Industry Represents the UK’s recorded music industry
• DACS Design and Artists Copyright Society a not-for-profit organisation which manages the rights of visual artists
• Equity The UK trade union for professional performers and creative practitioners
• Incorporated Society of Musicians A professional association for musicians, performers, composers, teachers and others
• Musicians Union A trade union representing musicians working in all sectors of the music business
• PACT A trade association representing independent television, feature film, animation and new media production companies
• PPL A collecting society that licenses recorded music played in public
• PRS for Music A collecting society, which licenses the rights of songwriters, composers and music publishers
• Radio Independents Group A non-profit making trade body that represents the UK's independent radio production industry
• Writers Guild The trade union representing writers in TV, radio, theatre, books, poetry, film, online and video games