http://www.cla.co.uk/index.php?id=294 Latest News en-us Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:23:18 +0000 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:23:18 +0000 http://www.cla.co.uk/ cla.co.uk info@cla.co.uk (info) info@cla.co.uk (webmaster) http://www.cla.co.uk/index.php?id=386&article_id=71 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:32:15 +0000 http://www.cla.co.uk/index.php?id=386&article_id=71 The 4th March is World Book Day, the biggest annual celebration of books and reading in the UK and Ireland.World Book Day was designated by UNESCO as a worldwide celebration of books and reading, and is marked in over 100 countries around the globe. The origins of the day we now ... ]]> http://www.cla.co.uk/index.php?id=386&article_id=70 Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:21:08 +0000 http://www.cla.co.uk/index.php?id=386&article_id=70 CLA are pleased to announce that one of the UK's biggest FE Colleges, Coleg Gwent, has won the CLA Beacon Award for Promoting the Value of Copyright. The Business, IT and Learner Services Team won the award for the promotion of plagiarism awareness. The team developed two Open College Network units on plagiarism in ... ]]> http://www.cla.co.uk/index.php?id=386&article_id=69 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:16:52 +0000 http://www.cla.co.uk/index.php?id=386&article_id=69 Tom Bradley has been appointed as CLA’s second Independent Chair, taking up his post from the beginning of this year.   Initially beginning his career as a Commercial Apprentice with Pressed Steel Fisher, Tom Bradley then undertook financial studies and after lecturing at Luton College in the early 1970s progressed into financial ... ]]> http://www.cla.co.uk/index.php?id=386&article_id=68 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:10:04 +0000 http://www.cla.co.uk/index.php?id=386&article_id=68 CLA and its compliance unit, Copywatch, have reached an out of court settlement with a UK city council for infringing the copyright contained in books, journals, magazines and trade press.  Evidence was obtained showing that council employees have been copying content contained in published media, which is protected by copyright, ... ]]> http://www.cla.co.uk/index.php?id=386&article_id=67 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.cla.co.uk/index.php?id=386&article_id=67 CLA licence holders are invited to our 2009 Open Meeting, which this year takes place on Tuesday 22 September. The venue for the meeting is the Stationers Hall, ‘the birthplace of copyright’ and only a few places remain due to a high level of interest. The event starts at 2.30pm with a ... ]]> http://www.cla.co.uk/index.php?id=386&article_id=66 Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.cla.co.uk/index.php?id=386&article_id=66 CLA has introduced a new digital copying licence especially for the pharmaceutical industry. Whether you are a small biotech, a medium sized healthcare company or a pharmaceutical multi-national, our new licence can benefit you.  The digital licence has been developed following consultation with the pharmaceutical industry and provides permissions that specifically ... ]]> http://www.cla.co.uk/index.php?id=386&article_id=65 Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.cla.co.uk/index.php?id=386&article_id=65 Sussex Downs College is this years winner of the CLA Beacon Award for Creativity in Writing, Art or Design.The award is one of the prestigious national Beacon Awards organised by the Association of Colleges (AoC) Charitable Trust. It provides recognition for the high standard of teaching and in particular for including copyright ... ]]> http://www.cla.co.uk/index.php?id=386&article_id=64 Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.cla.co.uk/index.php?id=386&article_id=64 We are pleased to announce that we have launched the latest in a series of new licences that incorporates enhanced digital rights.Our new licence for press cuttings agencies recognises the increased use of the web and requires organisations with access to multiple cuttings via web or email be licensed by CLA. The licence also ... ]]> http://www.cla.co.uk/index.php?id=386&article_id=63 Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.cla.co.uk/index.php?id=386&article_id=63 In a move that could potentially make millions more books available online, the Authors Guild, the Association of American Publishers (AAP), and Google today announced a groundbreaking settlement on behalf of a broad class of authors and publishers worldwide. The agreement paves the way to expand online access to millions ... ]]> http://www.cla.co.uk/index.php?id=386&article_id=62 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.cla.co.uk/index.php?id=386&article_id=62 CLA have announced the launch of a new licence designed specifically for UK law firms.From 1 November 2008, the new Law Licence will offer law firms additional benefits to the existing photocopying rights.The Law Licence now enables articles and clippings from law reports, journals and press cuttings (magazines, journals, legal ... ]]> http://www.cla.co.uk/index.php?id=386&article_id=60 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.cla.co.uk/index.php?id=386&article_id=60 We are delighted to announce the launch of a new licence for the Higher Education (HE) sector.From 1 August, the new Comprehensive HE licence will provide HE institutions with a licence that includes photocopying, scanning, and for the first time, copying from e-books and e-journals.  In addition to offering these ... ]]> http://www.cla.co.uk/index.php?id=386&article_id=58 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.cla.co.uk/index.php?id=386&article_id=58 CLA has appointed Mat Pfleger as its UK Sales and Marketing Director.The new appointment will strengthen our drive to grow new licence sales and to build on recent successes in introducing our new digital licences.Currently in our 25th anniversary year, we are nearing the end of a process of reviewing ... ]]> http://www.cla.co.uk/index.php?id=386&article_id=59 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.cla.co.uk/index.php?id=386&article_id=59 CLA attended the TAF awards, at The Intercontinental London Park Lane, as a key sponsor. We sponsored two of the awards; newsletter of the year, won by The Building Societies Association and magazine of the year won by The National Farmers Union. Kathy Jackson, from the Business Development team presented ... ]]> http://www.cla.co.uk/index.php?id=386&article_id=57 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.cla.co.uk/index.php?id=386&article_id=57 Last week, 23 June, marked the beginning of a busy fortnight for the CLA licensing team who are in Bournemouth targeting unlicensed copying by local authorities.Members of the business development team and the copyright compliance unit Copywatch identified two major events taking place at Bournemouth International Centre as ideal opportunities ... ]]> http://www.cla.co.uk/index.php?id=386&article_id=56 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.cla.co.uk/index.php?id=386&article_id=56 CLA has tied up a new agreement that will further upgrade the value of our digital licences. We have reached a ground breaking agreement with our US equivalent, Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) that will benefit our licence customers as well as UK publishers and creators. The deal with CCC is to exchange ... ]]> http://www.cla.co.uk/index.php?id=386&article_id=55 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.cla.co.uk/index.php?id=386&article_id=55 At the CLA open meeting last week a panel of book industry experts concluded that the traditional printed book will remain as relevant as ever.{image}Over 230 guests at City Hall heard speakers such as Richard Charkin of Bloomsbury Publishing and Joel Rickett of The Bookseller, discuss the future of the ... ]]> http://www.cla.co.uk/index.php?id=386&article_id=51 Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.cla.co.uk/index.php?id=386&article_id=51 CLA’s annual award for Creativity in Writing Art and Design was presented to Plymouth College of Art and Design at the Beacon Awards national presentation ceremony last week. The Beacon Awards are organised by the Association of Colleges and are open to all colleges of further education and sixth form ... ]]> http://www.cla.co.uk/index.php?id=386&article_id=50 Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.cla.co.uk/index.php?id=386&article_id=50 We will be holding our 2008 open meeting on 17 June at London City Hall.The meeting will be held in the GLA Council Chamber and will feature two panel discussions chaired by Gavin Esler and a light hearted personal view of ‘The future of the book’ presented by author, broadcaster and ... ]]> http://www.cla.co.uk/index.php?id=386&article_id=48 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 05:00:00 +0000 http://www.cla.co.uk/index.php?id=386&article_id=48 We are delighted to announce that CLA this week launched a series of new digital licences, starting with the licences for Business and for Public Administration. The licences which offer a collective digital licensing solution are the first of their type to be introduced in Europe and have been developed ... ]]> http://www.cla.co.uk/index.php?id=386&article_id=47 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 04:00:00 +0000 http://www.cla.co.uk/index.php?id=386&article_id=47 The Copyright Licensing Agency will be exhibiting for the first time at the London Book Fair, Earls Court, 14-16 April. We will be at the Book Fair to help raise our profile amongst rights holders and to let them know about the launch of a series of new digital licences. ... ]]>