Discover the Business Licence Benefits of a CLA Business Licence Our Copyright for Business Permissions empower, protect and support your organisation. The licence can be extended to fit your specific industry needs. Helps minimise the risk of copyright infringement across your organisation. Saves time and money with fewer individual permissions requests and invoices to manage. Access to digital tools, extending the value of the licence. Workplace Generative AI permissions Does your organisation use Generative AI tools? This licence now includes updated permissions to allow the lawful copying and inclusion of published content to prompt permitted generative AI tools to generate outputs (subject to the terms and conditions of the licence). Find out more Make copies from publications from the UK and 40 international territories. Copy and circulate press cuttings or fee-paid documents in digital or print form. Share content with employees across your organisation. Post up to five articles (at any time) a year on your website. Strengthen your copyright policy Advocate ethical and responsible content use across your business. Fill out the form below then a CLA team member will contact you to discuss the best licence for your needs. "*" indicates required fields URLThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.First Name*Last Name*Phone*Email*Organisation Name*Media Monitoring Agency(if applicable)PR agency(if applicable)Why are you contacting CLA*Interested in getting a CLA LicenceBeen contacted by CLAQuestion about copyrightOtherTell us more about your enquiry*This field is hidden when viewing the formLead OwnerThis field is hidden when viewing the formSectorBusinessFurther EducationHigher EducationThis field is hidden when viewing the formStatusThis field is hidden when viewing the formRecord TypeSF Lead Record TypeThis field is hidden when viewing the formLead SourceThis field is hidden when viewing the formUTM CampaignThis field is hidden when viewing the formUTM MediumThis field is hidden when viewing the formUTM SourcePrivacy Policy* By completing this form I agree to CLA's Privacy Policy CAPTCHA Copy, Right with CLA <br /> <br /> Over 40 years of excellence CLA is regulated by the government as the collective licensing body for the reuse of text and images from books, journals and magazines. CLA is a member of the Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI). As a not-for-profit company, CLA distributes revenue back into the creative industries helping to ensure that rightsholders are fairly remunerated when their works are used. Do your employees share published content at work? Our Copyright Licence for businesses is required if any of your staff make copies from any of the 16 million-plus print or online publications that CLA represents. Making copies includes scanning, emailing, uploading to a central server, sharing press cuttings, emailing a journal article or even making a photocopy or scan from a book or trade magazine. Virtually all published content from print or digital sources is protected by copyright. This means you must make sure you have permission to use it at work, or you could be infringing copyright law - see 'Complying with copyright'. According to a recent survey of businesses around the world, the rate of work-related content sharing has tripled since 2016. 49% of that content is being sourced externally and is likely to be shared by executive-level staff compared to management. Yet, 47% of professionals recently surveyed are unaware of their organisation's copyright policy or unsure of its details. Protect your business CLA Business Licence minimises the risks of copyright infringement by providing blanket permissions. The cost of this licence is based on the type and size of your business. Check out our pricing here. Start your enquiry Business Licence variations We have developed sector-specific variations to the CLA Business Licence tailored to the sector’s needs. Be sure to speak to the team when discussing your licence and the right options for your business. Hotels & conference centres Permits guests to make copies. Law Send copies to clients, barristers, advisers, judicial staff, and more. More information MCL Empowers PR and media agencies to lawfully share content with their clients. More information Media Monitoring & Media Intelligence Separate from the Business Licence, this permits sending copies and snippet links to clients with specific terms including data reporting. More information Pharma & medical Permits the sharing of licensed copies between organisations holding relevant CLA and CCC Licences. More information TDM Organisations can harness the power of vast volumes of information and data. More information Training Provider Licence Make copies for delegates. Licence Documents CPD-certified Copyright in the Workplace course This online course and resource will address common copyright knowledge gaps across your organisation. Understand copyright fundamentals to stay compliant. Learn CLA Business Licence permissions and what they cover. Identify everyday copyright compliance risks in the workplace. Start the Course Today Useful links Do you need a licence? Information on copyright Read more Licence documents View now Licence information pack Download Supporting tools Check Permissions works for all, even if you don’t have a licence. Use it to check whether the CLA licence covers an article, book, or website. View More From the first engagement, I was astonished as to how helpful and reassuring they have been to us and clients with every engagement. I think that there is stigma about copyright in our industry, and we have found that embracing licencing has not been the headache it’s sometimes reputed to be. Trevor Palmer Owner/Director - Tank PR Working in the health sciences arena it is essential that we respect and credit copyright ownership: having the CLA as a resource and advice centre helps us to do that efficiently. Cate Foster Senior Project Manager/Editor From the first engagement, I was astonished as to how helpful and reassuring they have been to us and clients with every engagement. I think that there is stigma about copyright in our industry, and we have found that embracing licencing has not been the headache it’s sometimes reputed to be. Trevor Palmer Owner/Director - Tank PR Our experience of working with the CLA has been very good - efficient processes, swift and helpful responses from our account lead, James Charleston. Robert Davies Head of Marketing & Communications - The Royal Institution Business Licence FAQs Find out more about Business Licence coverage and how it can protect your business What does the CLA Business Licence let me do? The licence gives organisations the right to re-use extracts from millions of published digital and print publications, including articles supplied by media monitoring agencies. It provides protection against the risk of copyright infringement and includes an indemnity against legal action and the associated costs. The licence offers a simple solution to copyright compliance so you can research, innovate and create with peace of mind. I have an NLA licence, do I need a CLA licence as well? The Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA) and NLA Media Access (NLA) are separate licensing bodies that represent separate publication repertoires. Organisations making copies from a variety of media will invariably find they will benefit from holding both licences. NLA media access provides cover for newspapers, some magazines, and websites. The CLA licence covers millions of publications including books, journals, trade magazines, periodicals, law reports, and many digital publications and online content including ‘free-to-view’ websites. There is no overlap between CLA and NLA repertoire, the licences complement one another. The differences between CLA and NLA licences coverage is explored here. We already pay a fee to our media monitoring agency; do we still need a CLA licence? Your Media Monitoring Agency is covered under their CLA licence to send clippings to you, their clients. Under their licence, one person can receive a clipping, view it once, and print and retain a hard copy. If you wish to have multiple user access or make multiple copies of media clippings this will require your business to hold your own CLA licence. A licence is required if electronic/web clippings are accessed more than once, or by more than one employee, or if additional copies are made, forwarded, or digitally stored from clippings received electronically or in hard copy. Does the CLA Business Licence include Workplace Generative AI Permissions? Yes, as of May 2025, the CLA Business Licence permissions were updated to allow the lawful copying and inclusion of published content to prompt permitted generative AI tools to generate outputs (subject to the terms and conditions of your licence). How much can you copy? On each occasion, you may copy a chapter of a book, a single article from a periodical, or up to 5% of a publication, whichever is the greater. For digital publications such as websites that are not conventionally structured, you should ensure that copying is limited to small extracts that are equivalent to these limits. See more Gov.uk What the government website says about us Visit IPO Discover more about intellectual property and copyright law Visit
