The Copyright Licensing Agency Ltd.

CLA, The Copyright Licensing Agency Ltd.
Saffron House
6-10 Kirby Street
London
EC1N 8TS
United Kingdom
Phone: +44 20 7400 3100
Fax: +44 20 7400 3101
Email: cla@cla.co.uk
web: http://www.cla.co.uk

KEY REPRESENTATIVES
International Rights Manager : Madeleine Pow
E-Mail : madeleine.pow@cla.co.uk
Phone : 4420 7400 3138
Chief Executive : Kevin Fitzgerald
E-Mail : kevin.fitzgerald@cla.co.uk
Phone : 4420 7400 3177

HISTORY OF ORGANISATION
History of the organisation : Formed in 1982; incorporated in 1983; first distributions in financial year 1986/1987. CLA became an IFRRO member in March 1988. CLA exists to facilitate access to copyright publications, represent the rights of authors, visual artists and publishers and to protect the value of their creativity.
Year of incorporation : 1983
Year of first collection : 1984
Year of first distribution : 1987

ORGANISATION
Composition of Board
Total number of Board Members : 15
How are Board Members elected : Nominated
Total number of Author Representatives :6
Total number of Publisher Representatives :6
Remarks about the Board : Independent Chairman is appointed. One further director is nominated to represent visual creators, plus the CEO

Members:
Total number of Member Associations : 2
Total Publishers' Associations :1
Total Creators' (authors and visual artists) Associations:1
Total Rights holders represented : 100000
Remarks about the members : CLA is owned by author and publisher organisations, namely: The Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society Ltd (www.alcs.co.uk) and The Publishers Licensing Society Ltd (www.pls.org.uk). CLA is also an agent for the Design and Artists Copyright Society Ltd (www.dacs.org.uk).

MODEL OF RRO OPERATION

Type of National legislation :

Civil law : No
Common law : Yes

Licensing system:
Voluntary Licencing with legal back-up

LICENCES
Reprographic licences
Types of works licensed : Academic journals/periodicals, magazines, books, photographs and illustrations in published works
Types of uses licensed (including, where applicable, course packs, document delivery): Photocopying Scanning
Types of institutions/sectors licensed : Educational institutes including higher education institutes, colleges of further education and schools, language schools, government departments, law firms, pharmaceutical companies and other corporate and commercial organisations, press clipping agencies, document supply services, charitable organisations and churches. 1)CLA has granted 40,968 blanket licences that represent around 97% of total domestic revenue: 2)Transactional licence fees (received from the British Library Document Supply Centre and other document suppliers) amounted to 3% of domestic income.


Digital Licences
Types of works licensed: Academic journals/periodicals, magazines, books, photographs and illustrations in published works. Digital originals and websites are included on an opt-in basis.
Types of uses licensed (including, where applicable, course packs,
document delivery and storage): Scanning Storage Re-use of electronic and online publications Re-use of free-to-view websites.
Types of institutions/sectors licensed : Business, central government departments, local authorities, public bodies, schools, colleges and universities.

Other Licences
Public Lending Rights : No
Other areas of licensing : As an agent of DACS, CLA licenses the copying of visual work. Press Cuttings Agency Licence Document Delivery Licence

DISTRIBUTION
Title-specific distribution : Yes
Non title-specific distribution : No
Both title-specific distribution and non title-specific distribution : No
Full reporting : Yes
Sampling : Yes
Statistical surveys : Yes
Objective availability : No
Possibility to be copied : No


AGREEMENTS
Bilateral agreements type A with : CAL, Lit-Mech, Access, Copy-Dan, Kopiosto, CFC, VG Wort, OSDEL, HKRRLS, ICLA, Jamcopy, SR, CLL, Kopinor, Copibec, CLASS, DALRO, CEDRO, BONUS, ProLitteris, CCC, LUXORR, REPROBEL, SIAE, AIDRO, JAACC, IRRO, Jamcopy, CLASS, CADRA Pilot Bilateral: FILCOLS
Bilateral agreements type B with : Fjölís, CEMPRO, BCOPY, COLCIA, TTRRO
Other agreements with RROs : Digital Agreements with: Access, CAL, CCC, CEDRO, Copibec, DALRO,HKRRLS, ICLA, CFC, Pro Litteris, CopyDan, Kopinor

FINANCIAL DATA


Total amount collected for all licensing :
GBP 73,882,157.00 (+/- EUR 85,829,643.36)

Total amount received for licensing from other RROs world-wide :
GBP 18,251,859.00 (+/- EUR 21,203,367.80)

Total amount distributed to national rightsholders :
GBP 60,458,566.00 (+/- EUR 70,235,322.96)

Total Amount distributed to foreign RROs :
GBP 6,705,609.00 (+/- EUR 7,789,973.28)

Total amount distributed from all licensing :
GBP 67,164,175.00 (+/- EUR 78,025,296.24)


The exchange rate of 1 January 2011 was applied, being EUR 1= 0.8608 GBP