The Copyright Licensing Agency launches its annual essay writing competition for 16-19-year-old students in the UK. Students are invited to submit answers to the question: ‘Copyright only protects big companies. Discuss’. A panel of expert judges will decide which three essays win a cash prize.

New study highlights employees increased sharing of content during Covid-19 pandemic alongside a lack of awareness of firms copyright policies

Copyright Licensing Agency relaxes copyright licence terms to support educators through current lockdown closures.
UK schools, sixth form and further education colleges given more flexible access and can copy increased amount of book content.

We have increased the extent limit for copying from print books in response to requests from institutions.

CLA has extended its royalty-free licence with United Kingdom Research and Innovation (UKRI) to allow the continued copyright-compliant storage and reuse of relevant research output for Research Excellence Framework 2021 purposes, following a revision to the timetable due to COVID-19.

Madison Eaton, a student from Stoke-on-Trent Sixth Form College, has been awarded first place in CLA’s first ever Copyright Essay Prize, winning the top prize of £300. 

It is with great pleasure that CLA announces the judging panel for our first ever Copyright Essay Competition.

The Copyright Licensing Agency is sponsoring the Excellence in Supporting Creativity for the 2020/21 Awards.

In April we announced temporary support for higher education institutions by extending some key terms of the higher education licence. These temporary terms ended on 30 June and we have since received requests for these terms to be extended until the end of the year.

CLA's first annual survey results are in! 400 teachers took part in our survey, designed to assess how well CLA is supporting teachers who rely on our licence to resource their lessons.