News & resources
4th March 2011
The deadline for submissions to the government's 'Independent Review of Intellectual Property and Growth' (otherwise known as the Hargreaves Review).
The submission made by the Authors' Licensing & Collecting Society (ALCS), can be downloaded below.
March 2011: ALCS submission responding to the 'Independent Review of Intellectual Property and Growth
19 October 2010
See the update from the All Party Writers Group Drinks reception here.
Tuesday 5 October
Conservative Party Conference Debate 2010: What is the future of the Book?
Publishing is undergoing a ‘dramatic shift’ from print to digital, John Whittingdale MP told a packed audience at the What is the future of the book? debate held at the Conservative Party Fringe Conference in Birmingham on 3 October.
Organised by the All Party Writers Group (APWG) and the Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS), delegates and MPs heard from Chair of the APWG, John Whittingdale; Richard Charkin, Executive Director of Bloomsbury Publishing; Sarah Hunter, Head of UK Public Policy at Google; Damian Collins MP for Folkestone and Hythe and writer and journalist Ray Connolly who recently published his first e-book.
To read the rest of the piece please click here.