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Any organisation that makes copies of books and journals and other copyright material must buy a licence from the Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA) to do so. Money received from these licences is divided between publishers and authors, via the Publishers Licensing Society (PLS) and the Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS) and others.
This website explains, among other things:
• where the money comes from - read about the
Licencees
• what the money is for - see the various
Licence Types
• how it is allocated - see page on
Surveys and Data Collection
• how it is distributed - see the section entitled
Money
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