Respecting copyright law and creators’ intellectual property rights not only reinforces compliance but also supports your financial organisation’s governance framework. By embedding copyright compliance into everyday operations, you reduce the risk of infringing copyright law and reputational harm while supporting a fair and sustainable creative ecosystem.

Workplace Generative AI permissions

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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).

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Key reasons for copyright compliance

  • Improves risk mitigation efforts at your firm
  • Streamlines copyright permissions for research and market intelligence
  • Supports ESG and CSR frameworks at your financial organisation
  • Bolsters good governance practices around copyright
  • Ensures fair remuneration for rights-holders

How does CLA support compliance?

A Business Copyright Licence from CLA will streamline the permission process for over 17 million titles. One licence covers your whole organisation.

The Copyright Licensing Agency is regulated by the UK government as the collective licensing body for the reuse of text and images from books, journals, and magazines.

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. Ensure your finance organisation uses copyright-protected content responsibly. Support your governance, ESG, and compliance strategies in one step.

 

Market Research

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

Industry News

Blue icon representing press clippingsCirculating press clippings to multiple recipients from titles such as UK Finance, investing.com, Money Morning and Money Marketing.

Pitches

Repurposing content to use in pitches, presentations or meetings with colleagues and clients.

L&D &Training

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Reusing published content to use for training and professional development, including industry trends and updates.

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.*

CLA Business Licence

Explore how the CLA Business Licence empowers your finance organisation to manage copyright responsibly and mitigate compliance risks.

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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 Gen AI prompts
  • Printing, scanning or making photocopies

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 licences are both copyright licences, they cover different repertoires of copyrighted material, and there is no overlap between the permissions granted under each. 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

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Text and Data Mining

CLA’s TDM licensing solution provides a world-leading, market-led solution to licensing the use of content at scale.

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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.

 

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

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Business Licence FAQs

Find out more about Business Licence coverage and how it can protect your business
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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