Do your employees use or share work-related published content? Virtually all published content from print or digital sources is protected by copyright. This means you must make sure you have permission to use it at work, or you could be infringing copyright law - see 'Complying with copyright'. According to a recent survey of businesses around the world, the rate of work-related content sharing has tripled since 2016. 49% of that content is being sourced externally and is likely to be shared by executive-level staff compared to management. Yet, 47% of professionals recently surveyed are unaware of their organisation's copyright policy or unsure of its details. Peace of mind CLA is recognised by the government as the collective licensing body for the reuse of text and images from books, journals and magazines. CLA is a member of the Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI). We support the aims, objectives and values of CTSI, promoting fair business practices and customer service. Protect your business Our Copyright Licence for businesses is required if any of your staff make copies from any of the 16 million-plus print or online publications that CLA represents. Our annual business licence will help you to minimise the risk of copyright infringement, ensuring you can copy and share published material with peace of mind. CLA Business Licence provides blanket permission for receiving and sharing press cuttings, downloading an online report, emailing a journal article or even making a photocopy or scan from a book or trade magazine. Contact us Benefits Our copyright licences can be tailored to your business needs from the UK and beyond. Our customer support team is on hand to advise you regarding the best licence for your organisation to ensure you can share and copy the content-rich material most valuable to your business requirements. All licences contain the same core features, however, specific extensions can be added to suit your organisation. The licence can be extended to your industry needs. Helps minimise copyright infringement risk to your organisation. Access to digital tools, extending the value of the licence. Saves time and money with fewer individual permissions requests and fewer invoices to manage. Licence features Copying from digital and print books, magazines, journals, and websites? Research, innovate, and create with peace of mind. Copy, Right. Make copies from publications from the UK and 38 international territories. Copy and circulate press cuttings or fee-paid documents in digital or print form. Copy up to one article, chapter, or 5% of the total – whichever is greater. Share copies with employees. Post up to five articles (at any time) a year on your website. The cost of this licence is based on the type and size of your business. Check out our pricing here Contact us How much can be copied? On each occasion, you may copy a chapter of a book, a single article from a periodical, or up to 5% of a publication, whichever is the greater. For digital publications such as websites that are not conventionally structured, you should ensure that copying is limited to small extracts that are equivalent to these limits. Who can make and receive copies? Any UK employee in your organisation, including individual consultants or agency workers, can make and receive copies. Any overseas employee in your organisation can receive digital copies (intranet and email) for viewing only (unless your company holds a CLA Multinational Licence). Get in touch Get in touch with the CLA team today and discuss which option is right for your business Get in touch Business Licence extensions We have developed sector-specific extensions to the CLA Business Licence tailored to the sector’s needs. Be sure to speak to the team when discussing your licence and the right options for your business. Hotels & conference centres Permits guests to make copies. Law Send copies to clients, barristers, advisers, judicial staff, and more. MMO Permits sending copies and snippet links to clients with specific terms including data reporting. Pharma & medical Permits the sharing of licensed copies between organisations holding relevant CLA and CCC Licences. TDM Coming soon Training Make copies for delegates. Supporting tools Check Permissions works for all, even if you don’t have a licence. Use it to check whether the CLA licence covers an article, book, or website. View More CLA ShareRight allows you to copy and share content with your colleagues from behind the paywall. View More Start your application Act responsibly. Protect your business. Copy, Right. Contact us Useful links Licence documents View now Licence information pack Download Copyright Information on copyright What Is Copyright? Keep up to date Sign up for one of the CLA newsletters to keep up to date with the latest news and developments in your sector or across CLA Sign-up Business Licence FAQs Find out more about Business Licence coverage and how it can protect your business Who can make and receive copies? Any UK employee in your organisation, including individual consultants or agency workers, can make and receive copies. Any overseas employee in your organisation can receive digital copies (intranet and email) for viewing only (unless your company holds a CLA Multinational Licence). Can I photocopy or scan a magazine article or clipping received from a Media Monitoring Agency? Many major magazine titles can be copied under our licences – further information about reusing this kind of content here. Some magazines are licensed by NLA Media Access. You can see if you are covered to copy from any magazine by using our Check Permissions search tool. Permission to copy content from national or regional newspapers is granted by NLA Media Access. Can I use another person's slides or charts in a report or presentation? You should contact the original creator of the work if it is unpublished, or the publisher otherwise. If the work was created during the course of employment then the employer will generally be the copyright owner rather than the individual. Does the licence cover international publications? CLA has agreements with similar agencies in most major overseas territories enabling International publications and content to be copied under the CLA Licence. For full details of these overseas agencies and the countries that are covered please visit cla.co.uk/international/territories Can I share copies of PR and media articles to my clients? If you are a PR firm, marketing agency or similar and you want to provide copies of news and current affairs articles externally to clients, you need CLA’s Media Consultancy Licence. Providing electronic or hard copies of articles or links by email is not permitted under the standard CLA Business Licence; without the Media Consultancy Licence or direct permission from the rightsholder, your firm could be exposed to the risk of copyright infringement. This includes forwarding clippings and web links received via Media Monitoring Organisations to your clients. See more Gov.uk What the government website says about us Visit IPO Discover more about intellectual property and copyright law Visit
