Fifth Floor
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4 Battle Bridge Lane A non-profit organisation to provide collective administration for writers. Run by writers for writers, ALCS has distributed over £500 million to writers since its inception in 1977. It is the largest writers’ organisation in the UK, with over 112,000 members, and in the last financial year ALCS paid out a total of £38.5 million to over 90,000 writers. ALCS represents writers of all genres, from text-book authors and freelance journalists to poets and radio dramatists. ALCS membership is open to all types of writers and their successors across the print and audiovisual sectors. ALCS is recognised internationally as a leading authority on copyright matters and authors’ interests. We are committed to fostering an awareness of intellectual property issues among the writing community. We maintain a close watching brief on all matters affecting copyright both in the UK and internationally and we make regular representations to the UK government and the European Commission on behalf of writers 1st April - 31st March 1977 Over 112,000 Members Last year licence income collected for members increased to a record £40.9M. ALCS paid £38.5m (gross) to 90,000 members. ALCS now has over 112,000 members and in total we have paid out over £500million to our authors since we began operations in 1977. https://d16dqzv7ay57st.cloudfront.net/uploads/2020/10/Annual-Report-2020-FINAL.pdf
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