6th FloorInternational House1 St. Katharine's Way A non-profit organisation to provide collective administration for writers. Run by writers for writers, ALCS has distributed over £650 million to writers since its inception in 1977. It is the largest writers’ organisation in the UK, with over 120,000 members, and in the last financial year ALCS paid out almost £45 million to over 100,000 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 World Intellectual Property Organisation on behalf of writers. 1st April - 31st March 1977 Over 120,000 Members Last year ALCS paid almost £45m to 100,000 members. ALCS now has over 120,000 members and in total we have paid out over £650million to our authors since we began operations in 1977. https://www.alcs.co.uk/how-alcs-is-run
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