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| Company type | Company limited by guarantee |
|---|---|
| Founded | 26 April 1977 |
| Headquarters | International House, 1 St Katharine's Way , London EW1 1UN |
Area served | United Kingdom |
Key people | Maureen Duffy (Honorary President), Barbara Hayes(Chief Executive), Tom Chatfield (Chair). |
| Services | Copyright collective |
| Website | alcs.co.uk |
The Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS) is a British organisation that works to ensure that writers are fairly compensated for any of their works that are copied, broadcast or recorded. It has operated in the United Kingdom since 1977. From that year to 2016, the ALCS distributed over £450 million to authors, and at the end of 2016 had in excess of 90,000 members.