"NLA media access" or The NLA - anyone had dealings?

[sands1967]

Has anyone, most like a PR agency, had dealings with this company. I have never heard of them. Apparently they are a private company who issue licences on behalf of their members for copyrighted content. Eg newspapers, magazines, web etc.

Even if you are not copying large portions of text, but storing copies of articles on your servers, sharing links to web articles with colleagues, photocopying or scanning articles, they say you need a licence.

So, have you had experience of dealing with them, what powers do they have?

thanks

 

[obscure]

If you are copying, editing, distributing etc copyright material you need the explicit permission of the copyright owner (or a license granted by an authorised agent). Photocopying, scanning and storing copies of articles on your server would certainly constitute copying and if you are sending copies or allowing staff to access these materials that would constitute distribution.

Both of these would be an infringement of copyright if you don't have a license.

Sharing links to the original web article (not to a copy on your server) would not be infringement and wouldn't require a license.

 

[ethical PR]

Has anyone, most like a PR agency, had dealings with this company. I have never heard of them. Apparently they are a private company who issue licences on behalf of their members for copyrighted content. Eg newspapers, magazines, web etc.

Even if you are not copying large portions of text, but storing copies of articles on your servers, sharing links to web articles with colleagues, photocopying or scanning articles, they say you need a licence.

So, have you had experience of dealing with them, what powers do they have?

thanks

1. Yes I have they are owned by publishers of mainstream print media and publications. We deal with them all the time on behalf of clients and have licenses for each client.

2. Yes you absolutely do need a license if you are storing copies of articles on your servers.

3. If you look at their website it outlines what they do and their powers. Ultimately you can be fined for not having an appropriate license.

 

[sands1967]

1. Yes I have they are owned by publishers of mainstream print media and publications. We deal with them all the time on behalf of clients and have licenses for each client.

2. Yes you absolutely do need a license if you are storing copies of articles on your servers.

3. If you look at their website it outlines what they do and their powers. Ultimately you can be fined for not having an appropriate license.

Hi yes, get that, we don't copy (PR isn't really a big part of what we do) we dont copy articles. The shock to me though, reading there info was that if you send a link to your published article on a site, you need a distribution licence. FOR A URL?

 

[obscure]

The shock to me though, reading there info was that if you send a link to your published article on a site, you need a distribution licence. FOR A URL?

Can you provide a copy of this text please? You certainly don't need a license for a URL.