Abstract
The Publishers Licensing Society if fifteen years old this year. It represent publishers on the board of the Copyright Licensing Agency, and obtains mandates from publishers for the CLA to issue licenses for the reproduction of copyright works.The work of the PLS, including this payment system, is described, and present work on electronic copying is outlined.
Highlights
In 1996 the Publishers Licensing Society (PLS)celebratesits fifteenth birthday
The Society held its first meeting of directors at the Publishers Association in September 1981.It was set up at the instigation of copyright owners to issue licences to users to enable them to make photocopies of copyright material and to ensure that copyright holders received some financial remmpense
Following the recommendations made by the De Freitas Committee in 1982 the Copyright Licensing Agency was set up and it was agreed that the publishers should be represented by PLS with the authors being represented by the Authors Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS)
Summary
The Publishers Licensing Society iffifteen years old this year. It represent publishers on the board of the Copyright Licensing Agency, and obtains mandates from publishers for the CLA to issue licenses for the reproduction of copyright works. The work of the PLS, including this payment system, is described, and present work on electronic copying is outlined. Caroline Elmslie is Mnnager of the Publishers Licensing Society Ltd, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London, WIP 9HE
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