Members of the British Copyright Council
We recommend that you go to our members’ websites for information about copyright and professional practice in each sector.
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| Association of Authors’ Agents (AAA) | www.agentsassoc.co.uk |
| A voluntary body to provide a forum for member agencies to discuss industry matters, to uphold a code of good practice, and to provide a vehicle for representing the interests of agents and authors. | |
| Association of Illustrators (AOI) | www.theaoi.com |
| Established in 1973 to advance and protect illustrator’s rights and encourage professional standards. It is a non-profit making trade association dedicated to its members` professional interests and the promotion of illustration. | |
| Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) | www.alpsp.org |
| The world`s largest association for scholarly and professional publishers and is the only international trade association that represents scholarly and professional publishers across all disciplines of academic endeavour. | |
| Association of Photographers (AOP) | www.the-aop.org |
| Formed in 1968 by a small group of photographers the AOP brings together professional photographers, to protect their rights and promote photography. | |
| Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS) | www.alcs.co.uk |
| Represents the interests of all UK writers and aims to ensure writers are fairly compensated for any works that are copied, broadcast or recorded. | |
| BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT (BCS) | www.bcs.org.uk |
| Its objects are to promote the study and practice of computing and to advance knowledge of and education in IT for the benefit of the public. | |
| BPI (British Recorded Music Industry) | www.bpi.co.uk |
| British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (BACS) | www.basca.org.uk |
| Support and protect the artistic, professional, commercial and copyright interests of songwriters, lyricists and composers of all genres of music and to celebrate and encourage excellence in British music writing. | |
| British Association of Picture Libraries and Agencies (BAPLA) | www.bapla.org.uk |
| British Equity Collecting Society (BECS) | www.equitycollecting.org.uk |
| The only UK based collective management organisation for audiovisual performers. It represents the interests of its members in the negotiation and administration of performers` remuneration. | |
| British Institute of Professional Photography (BIPP) | www.bipp.com |
| Run by photographers, for photographers, they provide advice and support, along with a programme of training courses, the most respected professional photographic qualifications in the country and a host of regional and national events and seminars. | |
| Broadcast Entertainment Cinematograph and Theatre Union (BECTU) | www.bectu.org.uk |
| BECTU have about 27,000 members working in tv, film, theatre and new media, freelance and directly employed in jobs apart from acting and journalism. | |
| Chartered Institute of Journalists (CIOJ) | www.cioj.co.uk |
| Both an independently certified trade union and professional association, the CIOJ was formed in 1884 and granted a Royal Charter in 1890 by Queen Victoria. It has been serving and protecting the best interests of journalism and journalists ever since. | |
| Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA) | www.cla.co.uk |
| CLA license organisations to copy from books, journals, magazines and on-line/digital publications on behalf of the authors, publishers and visual creators it represents. | |
| Design and Artists’ Copyright Society (DACS) | www.dacs.co.uk |
| The UK`s copyright and collecting society for artists and visual creators. | |
| Directors UK Ltd (DPRS) | www.directors.uk.com |
| The single voice for British film and television directors. As a collecting society and campaigning body Directors UK represents the creative, economic and contractual rights of their 4,000 members. | |
| Educational Recording Agency (ERA) | www.era.org.uk |
| A copyright collecting society. It was set up under the laws of England and Wales in 1989 with a view to operating a copyright licensing scheme for non-commercial educational use of copyright protected material. | |
| Equity | www.equity.org.uk |
| The main function of Equity is to negotiate minimum terms and conditions of employment throughout the entire world of entertainment and to endeavour to ensure these take account of social and economic changes. | |
| Music Managers’ Forum (MMF) | www.themmf.net |
| Music Publishers Association (MPA) | www.mpaonline.org.uk |
| The MPA exists to safeguard the interests of music publishers and the writers signed to them. It provides them with a forum and a collective voice, offers them a range of practical services, represents their interests to the wider music industry, the media and the public and works to inform and to educate the wider public in the importance and value of copyright. | |
| Musicians’ Union (MU) | www.musiciansunion.org.uk |
| Represents over 30,000 musicians working in all sectors of the music business. As well as negotiating on behalf of its members with all the major employers in the industry, the MU offers a range of services for self-employed professionals and student musicians of all ages. | |
| National Union of Journalists (NUJ) | www.nuj.org.uk |
| Periodical Publishers’ Association (PPA) | www.ppa.co.uk |
| The trade association for publishers and providers of consumer, customer and business media in the UK. | |
| Phonographic Performance Ltd (PPL) | www.ppluk.com |
| The London based music licensing company which licenses recorded music on behalf of 3,400 record companies and 39,500 performers in the UK. | |
| PRS for Music | www.prsformusic.com |
| Publishers’ Association (PA) | www.publishers.org.uk |
| Publishers’ Licensing Society (PLS) | www.pls.org.uk |
| Sole objective is to serve the UK publishing industry by working to protect publishers` rights, and to lead on industry-wide initiatives involving rights management and collective licensing. | |
| Royal Photographic Society (RPS) | www.rps.org |
| Society of Authors | www.societyofauthors.org |
| An independent trade union, representing writers` interests in all aspects of the writing profession, particularly publishing, but also broadcasting, television and film, theatre and translation. | |
| UK Music (BMR) | www.ukmusic.org |
| An umbrella organisation representing the collective interests of the UK`s commercial music industry, from artists, musicians, songwriters and composers, to major and independent record labels, managers, music publishers, studio producers and collecting societies. | |
| Writers’ Guild of Great Britain | www.writersguild.org.uk |
