ALCS (Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society)

The ALCS is the British collecting society for writers. It collects and distributes royalties to its members for the secondary use of their written work. This includes fees from photocopying and scanning in educational institutions and businesses, cable retransmission of television programs, and public lending rights. ALCS ensures that writers of all kinds—from novelists to screenwriters—are paid when their work is used beyond its primary purpose.