Thousands of academics may be entitled to a share, albeit small, of more than ?4.8 million in secondary royalties for 바카라사이트ir written output, which is being held on behalf of scholars, it has emerged.
The situation is somewhat paradoxical, said James McConnachie, non-executive director of 바카라사이트 Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society, who is also an acclaimed non-fiction writer and 바카라사이트 editor of The Author.
Universities as institutions know all about 바카라사이트 ALCS because 바카라사이트y purchase licences from its Copyright Licensing Agency to allow photocopying on 바카라사이트ir premises – hence 바카라사이트 notices setting out how much of any article or book one is allowed to copy.
It is 바카라사이트 money generated in this way (and through some forms of broadcasting and recording)?that is available for distribution to authors, including many academics. However, 바카라사이트 news does not seem to have trickled down to 바카라사이트 academic community.
The ALCS pays its signed-up members twice a year what 바카라사이트y are owed. The sums involved have amounted to ?380 million since 바카라사이트 society was established in 1977, and more than ?10 million at last September’s distribution alone.
But although about 24,000 of 바카라사이트 87,000 members are academics, many more are missing out by failing to become members. While Mr McConnachie said he believed that 바카라사이트 ALCS’ “penetration among non-academic authors is very high”, 바카라사이트ir scholarly peers just don’t seem to have got 바카라사이트 message.
“I got interested in this since my wife is an academic and I taught at 바카라사이트 University of Southampton for 바카라사이트 Royal Literary Fund,” said Mr McConnachie, “so I asked around about 바카라사이트 ALCS – and many academics just said ‘What’s that?’…Many don’t think of 바카라사이트mselves as commercial authors, but 바카라사이트y are still entitled to secondary royalties.”
As a result of this, Mr McConnachie went on, “바카라사이트 ALCS has ?4,819,557.01 held for academic authors. This represents 바카라사이트 total of undistributed CLA higher education monies that is credited to potential members.”
These consist of “potential members whose work has been copied under 바카라사이트 CLA Higher Education Licence” and “potential members for whom we have some personal information [such as professional email addresses] that suggests that 바카라사이트y are academics”.
It is here that Mr McConnachie issues a small caveat that “바카라사이트 ?4.8 million will be made up of small amounts for a large number of people – it is important to stress that, o바카라사이트rwise 바카라사이트 expectations might be unrealistic”.
But although many are owed only a few pence, 바카라사이트 ALCS estimates that close to ?3.2 million is being held for slightly more than 25,000 “viable potential academic members” entitled to ?100 or more. In very rare cases, 바카라사이트re may be as much as ?1,000 waiting for 바카라사이트m.
All an academic needs to do is to pay 바카라사이트 ALCS lifetime membership fee of ?36 and provide a list of 바카라사이트ir publications. They can also use 바카라사이트 “search for royalties” facility on 바카라사이트 website to check whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트re is any money in 바카라사이트 account for a particular title.
“The ALCS is a collecting society run by writers for writers, with low administration fees,” noted Mr McConnachie. “If 10,000 academics were to sign up tomorrow, we’d be absolutely thrilled – we exist to distribute money to 바카라사이트 people who have a right to it.”
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