Respecting copyright law in the finance sector not only enhances compliance efforts; it strengthens the integrity and governance frameworks of your organisation’s operations.
By adhering to copyright laws, you not only respect the intellectual property rights of creators but also mitigate risks associated with infringing copyright law.

Key reasons for copyright compliance

  • Respects Intellectual Property Law
  • Improves risk mitigation
  • Supports Governance, ESG and CSR frameworks
  • Ensures fair remuneration for rightsholders

How does CLA support compliance?

A Business Licence from CLA will streamline the permissions process for over 17 million titles. One licence covers your whole orgnisation, reducing the risk of infringing copyright law in the workplace.

CLA is a regulated not-for-profit, with over 40 years of excellence in copyright licensing.

Common copying scenarios of Finance Professionals

Knowledge gaps around copyright compliance risks in the workplace can be widespread. Common, everyday digital copying could lead to inadvertent infringement of copyright if the required permissions are not sought.

Research

Blue icon depicting researchReusing industry research to uncover trends, insights and opportunities.

Press Clippings

Blue icon representing press clippingsCirculating press clippings and articles to multiple recipients.

Presentations

Repurposing content to present to colleagues during meetings or briefings.

Training

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Reusing published content to use for training and collaboration between teams.

Did you know?

84%

of UK professionals copy, reproduce, or extract content from at least one source of information at work.*

*All figures come from the CLA commissioned survey conducted independently by Savanta in April 2024.

... and yet

72%

of UK professionals agreed that copyright is a risk for their organisation.*

Explore the CLA Business Licence

Discover even more about the CLA Business Licence and how it can support risk mitigation across your organisation.

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What constitutes copying?

Everyday actions can pose infringement risks if performed without the necessary permissions.

  • Copy and paste from online material
  • Saving articles to an intranet or hard drive
  • Taking screenshots of content
  • Inputting published content into GAI prompts
  • Printing, scanning or making photocopies

Upskill your team

Address copyright knowledge gaps and bolster compliance initiatives with the new copyright course from CLA.

Does your organisation need both an NLA and CLA Licence?

The short answer is, yes. If your organisation already holds a licence from the Newspaper Licensing Agency (NLA), it is likely your also require a CLA Licence to comply with copyright law.

While NLA and CLA are both copyright licenses, they cover different repertoires of copyrighted material and there is no overlap between the permissions granted under each licence. If your organisation shares, saves, prints, or copies content from magazines, newspapers, journals or websites, it’s likely you need both a CLA and NLA licence.

Reusing and sharing Finance title subscription content

While subscriptions grant access to content, it is essential to distinguish between accessing content and having the rights to copy and share it.

Many publications include explicit copyright statements that prohibit copying, storing, or sharing. Consequently, subscribing to a service does not automatically grant the right to reuse, repurpose or copy its content. Misinterpreting the scope of subscription access can inadvertently lead to copyright infringement.

NLA and CLA

Does your organisation need both a CLA and NLA licence?

5 Ways You Might Be Infringing Copyright At Work

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Copyright Risk Assessment checker

Not sure if you need a licence? Our Risk Assessment feature can help.

Simple Enquiry Process

Once you’ve filled out the enquiry form, a CLA team member will contact you to discuss your needs and answer any questions you might have.

 

Check Permissions

Business Licence FAQs

Find out more about Business Licence coverage and how it can protect your business
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.
Any UK employee in your organisation, including individual consultants or agency workers, can make and receive copies. Any overseas employee in your organisation can receive digital copies (intranet and email) for viewing only (unless your company holds a CLA Multinational Licence).
CLA has agreements with similar agencies in most major overseas territories enabling International publications and content to be copied under the CLA Licence. For full details of these overseas agencies and the countries that are covered please visit cla.co.uk/international/territories
You can make copies when you have one of our licences.
Many major magazine titles can be copied under our licences – further information about reusing this kind of content here. Some magazines are licensed by NLA Media Access. You can see if you are covered to copy from any magazine by using our Check Permissions search tool. Permission to copy content from national or regional newspapers is granted by NLA Media Access.