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General Resources

• General information about Intellectual Property and copyright in the UK
• Copyright, licensing and what the creative industry is working on
• For more on copyright around the world
• For info about licensing your work to others
• For support and resources for creative film projects
• CLA licenses organisations to copy and re-use extracts from print and digital publications on behalf of the copyright owners – authors and publishers
• CLA manages licences for newspaper content from NLA media access
• CLA manages licences for printed music through the Schools Printed Music Licence
• ERA provides educational establishments with a simple means of accessing and using broadcast material both in the classroom and by students at home.
• Filmbankmedia represent many Hollywood and independent film studios and distributors licensing film screenings outside the home or cinema.
• MPLC is a licensing organisation for over 650 film and TV producers and distributors from major Hollywood studios to independent and foreign producers.

Rights Representing Organisations

• A collecting society which protects and promotes the rights of authors and provide teaching material on copyright for all age groups
• British Association of Picture Libraries and Agencies, a the trade association for picture libraries in the UK
• Represents the UK’s recorded music industry
• Design and Artists Copyright Society a not-for-profit organisation which manages the rights of visual artists
• The UK trade union for professional performers and creative practitioners
• A professional association for musicians, performers, composers, teachers and others
• A trade union representing musicians working in all sectors of the music business
• A trade association representing independent television, feature film, animation and new media production companies
• A collecting society that licenses recorded music played in public
• A collecting society, which licenses the rights of songwriters, composers and music publishers
• A non-profit making trade body that represents the UK's independent radio production industry
• The trade union representing writers in TV, radio, theatre, books, poetry, film, online and video games