Business Distribution Boosted We are delighted to announce that in March PLS will be paying out the first allocations from digital publications. The total amount that PLS will be distributing to publishers from the business sector is £3.7m,up from £3.4m from last years payment. 1,350 UK publishers are already opted-in to this licence and PLS recommends that all publishers sign up in order that thier digital publications are protected by the collective licensing system. For more information on this licence please click here. You can sign up via your online account PLSe via the PLS website, www.pls.org.uk or by contacting the PLS office.
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News Archive FE College wins CLA Beacon Award (Feb 2010) The PPA Awards 2010 (Feb 2010) CLA appoint new Chair (Jan 2010) Local Authority Settles with CLA for End User Piracy (Dec 2009) Google convicted in French copyright case (Dec 2009) Digital Economy Bill to tackle online piracy (Dec 2009) Latest Accessibility Newsletter- Issue 7 (Dec 2009) Publishing Training Centre Turns 30! (Dec 2009) New CEO for IPO (Dec 2009) PLS Donates to Book Aid International (Dec 2009) Alicia Wise appointed member of the Legal Deposit Advisory Panel (LDAP) (Dec 2009) New website launched for UK publishing industry (Nov 2009) RNIB and EBU At Frankfurt Book Fair (Oct 2009) Will the new e-book reader prompt a wave of book piracy? (Oct 2009) Book Piracy receives media attention (Oct 2009) New titles added to Focus project (Oct 2009)
Events March 2010 18 March 2010 ALPSP Seminar: The Future of Academic Book Publishing April 2010 18 April 2010 The London Book Fair Rights Workshop: An introduction to Rights Selling 19/21 April 2010 PLS at the London Book Fair 19 April 2010 Google Settlement Update 19 April 2010 Charles Clark Memorial Lecture 19 April 2010 Ebook Accessibility 20 April 2010 The Fight Against Online Piracy, the PA's Copyright Infringement Portal 26 April 2010 DPC Event: e-Journals are forever? Preservation and Continuing Access to e-journal Content May 2010 20 May 2010 Alliance Big Quiz & Auction Night July 2010 13 July 2010 PLS Annual Copyright Meeting