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We're looking forward to you joining us as we step into the Magic Library with @teampobble this World Book Day! It’s the perfect way to celebrate the fun of reading and writing while adding a fun World Book Day lesson to your school day 📚 See you soon! ✨

MPs are overwhelmingly in favour of greater transparency and fair compensation from AI developers using copyright materials to train their large language models (LLMs). Discover the full details of our polling: publishers.org.uk/mps-call-for-a…

The Unwin Award has announced Caroline Criado Perez – writer, broadcaster and award-winning feminist campaigner – as the winner of its inaugural prize. Read more: publishers.org.uk/caroline-criad…

“I am delighted to join the Board of PLS at this time of transformational change presented by new technologies to maintain the UK’s ‘gold standard’ copyright framework.” Read more about our incoming Chair, Monisha Shah, - pls.org.uk/news-events-po…

Monisha Shah has been appointed the next chair of the Publishers' Licensing Services. She will succeed Rosie Glazebrook whose term comes to an end on 31st May. 👇 thebookseller.com/news/monisha-s…

Publishers’ Licensing Services (Publishers' Licensing Services) and the Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS) have announced 'a significant development in the licensing of content for generative AI' bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article-d… (£)

ALCS and Publishers' Licensing Services have agreed for Copyright Licensing Agency to begin development of a licence to pay authors when their works are used to train AI. theguardian.com/books/2025/apr…

We welcome news about the joint venture between Copyright Licensing Agency, Publishers' Licensing Services & ALCS to develop a collective licence for generative AI. This announcement is timely and demonstrates that licensing for AI is possible with transparency & remuneration for authors.

From 1 May, licences from Copyright Licensing Agency will include the ability for organisations to use licensed works as prompts within AI systems, allowing creators to be paid for such uses for the first time. Read more: alcs.co.uk/news/changes-t…

Yesterday, our Chief Exec, Tom West, and Head of Policy and Communications, Will Crook, attended a roundtable meeting with Intellectual Property Office UK IP attachés from across the world. Many thanks to the Alliance for IP for organising an interesting and informative session.

CLA is an official bursary sponsor of cilip Conference 2025 and is offering four bursary places to attend this year’s event, which will take place in Birmingham on July 2-3, 2025. The deadline to enter is Friday, 9th May 2025. Apply now: bit.ly/4cREU0Z #CILIP #Bursary

📢 #NEWS: PLS and ALCS Agree to Development of Pioneering CLA Generative AI Licence Read the full article: alpsp.org/news-publicati… #ScholComm #ScholarlyPublishing #News

PLS and ALCS Agree to Development of Pioneering CLA Generative AI Licence - stm-publishing.com/pls-and-alcs-a…

Today, MPs vote on amendments to the Data Bill designed to improve the transparency of AI models. Writing for The Bookseller, PLS CEO Tom West argues that such measures are vital for ensuring AI safety, stimulating content licensing, and boosting growth. thebookseller.com/comment/lets-t…

A huge thanks to our generous sponsors: Bell & Bain Ltd, NielsenIQ NielsenIQ BookData, Ingram Content Group, Publishers' Licensing Services, MVB Books UK, BDSlife Magazine, Gardners, Batch Ltd, National Book Tokens, Libro.fm, and DC Thomson publishingscotland.org/what-we-do/sco… Publishing Scotland #ScotBookConf

Looking to improve your knowledge of rights and licensing? Our Head of Rights and Licensing, Amy Ellis, will be joining a Publishers Association webinar on 3 June to explain how good rights management can help publishers of all sizes and be key to unlocking growth.

An often neglected area of the publishing industry, rights and licensing are absolutely crucial to how we can increase the reach of the books we produce. Looks like a great webinar

Authors, publishers and agents 🚨 Be sure to check out the Author Care toolkit published by the Society of Authors, which we were proud to support. The toolkit outlines best practice in the ways publishing professionals support and communicate with their authors.