This is not a joke. It is directly relevant to your (and all our)
work, furthermore they are obviously serious.
See http://clans.cla.co.uk/
The Copyright Licensing Agency Ltd is the UK's Reproduction Rights
Organisation and a member of IFRRO, the International Federation of
Reproduction Rights Organisations.
CLA is responsible for looking after the interests of rights owners in
copying from books, journals and periodicals. Formed in 1982, it is a
non-profit making company limited by guarantee and owned by its
members, the Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS) and the
Publishers Licensing Society (PLS).
CLA:
encourages respect for copyright
licenses users for copying extracts from books, journals and
periodicals
collects fees from licensed users for such copying
pays authors and publishers (via ALCS and PLS) their shares of
the copying fees collected
institutes legal proceedings, if necessary, for the enforcement
of the rights entrusted to CLA.
CLA was set up in 1982 by authors and publishers following the
recommendation of Mr Justice Whitford's Report to the government on
the law of Copyright and Designs. It has two members, ALCS and PLS,
representing authors and publishers respectively. CLA issues licences
to institutions, government and business. Photocopying from books,
journals and periodicals is generally an infringement of copyright,
unless the licence of the copyright owner has been obtained.
There are some exceptions, such as fair dealing for research or
private study, and the library privileges for certain prescribed (not for
profit) libraries.
John Draper
Digital Library Programme, British Library
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Subject: Re: Strange copyright statement
Author: "IAN RODDIS" <[log in to unmask]> at Internet
Date: 23/04/97 10:03
I'm sorry, as a naif and a lurker on this list I may just be missing the nuances
of Brian Kelly's e-mail, but the following from Brian is a joke, right?
> Who is the CLA? Does it have any relevance to our work?
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