The Simplified Licence
The Simplified Licence provides the same cover as the current Business and Web End User Licence combined. It allows you to make or receive web, digital (e.g. scan, email, PDF) and paper copies from all the titles we represent. Plus copying limits and user numbers are much simpler to understand.
Three factors determine your fee:
Level
Bronze, Silver, Silver Plus or Gold
Quantity
The number of unique articles
Staff
The number of people in your organisation
Bronze
Occasional copying for all staff
Use of a web media monitoring service (up to 999 annual links) for all staff
Silver
Occasional copying for all staff
Frequent digital, paper and web copying for up to 1% or 50 staff (whichever is greater), with (or without) a media monitoring service
External sharing
(1 recipient)
Silver Plus
Occasional copying for all staff
Frequent digital, paper and web copying for up to 5% or 100 staff (whichever is greater), with (or without) a media monitoring service
External sharing
(2-5 recipients)
Gold
Occasional copying for all staff
Frequent digital, paper and web copying for up to all staff, with (or without) a media monitoring service
External sharing
(up to 75 recipients)
Why do you need a licence?
UK publishers invest over £1bn every year in the creation of content. Presses have to run, websites have to be maintained and journalists have to be paid.
If copyright wasn’t enforced, the industry would suffer.
A minimum of 80% of the revenue we collect goes back to publishers, that’s equivalent to keeping over 1000 journalists in a job.
We also donate £100,000 every year to the Journalism Diversity Fund, create a daily text feed for the RNIB and our ‘News Library’ gives UK schools online access to content from over 150 titles.
Your licence fee helps make all of this possible.
The licence is optional
It’s up to you whether you continue with your current licence(s), or move to the new Simplified Licence. Either way, your usage rights will remain the same, but the Simplified Licence may give you more freedom and flexibility.
Whether you’re enquiring about your first licence or you’re ready to renew, we’ll give you costs to compare and answer any questions. Then you can choose the licence that works best for you.