What do we do? PLS represents the interests of publishers in the collective licensing of photocopying and digitisation. Together with the Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society, PLS owns and directs the Copyright Licensing Agency and works in partnership with the Design and Artists Copyright Society. PLS is owned by the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers, the Professional Publishers Association, and the Publishers Association. PLS also works closely with the Association of Online Publishers, European Publishers Council, Federation of European Publishers, Independent Publishers Guild, International Publishers Association, and the International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers. PLS is a member of the Accessibility Action Group; Alliance Against Intellectual Property Theft; Automated Content Access Protocol; Book Industry Communication; British Copyright Council; British Literary and Artistic Association; Crossref; Digital Content Forum; Digital Preservation Coalition; EDItEUR; International Digital Object Identifier Foundation; International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations; National Information Standards Organisation; and UK Serials Group. Please click to view the organisational diagram
Together with the Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society, PLS owns and directs the Copyright Licensing Agency and works in partnership with the Design and Artists Copyright Society.
PLS is owned by the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers, the Professional Publishers Association, and the Publishers Association.
PLS also works closely with the Association of Online Publishers, European Publishers Council, Federation of European Publishers, Independent Publishers Guild, International Publishers Association, and the International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers.
PLS is a member of the Accessibility Action Group; Alliance Against Intellectual Property Theft; Automated Content Access Protocol; Book Industry Communication; British Copyright Council; British Literary and Artistic Association; Crossref; Digital Content Forum; Digital Preservation Coalition; EDItEUR; International Digital Object Identifier Foundation; International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations; National Information Standards Organisation; and UK Serials Group.
Please click to view the organisational diagram
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