News and insights: Collective Licensing

Inside the role of collective licensing with CLA’s Chief Executive Simon Hutson

We speak to Simon Hutson, CLA Chief Executive, about how collective licensing turns copying into royalties.

• 26 May 2026

5 reasons why every visual creator and artist should claim DACS Payback this year

Visual creators and artists can earn through the DACS Payback service and benefit every year from Collective licensing.

• 19 March 2026

Over 110,000 visual creators share nearly £6.2 million through annual DACS Payback distributions

Annual DACS Payback distribution payments are on their way to artists and representatives with record number of recipients and royalties.

• 2 October 2025

Claim your share: Payback 2025 is now open!

Our annual Payback scheme is back, paying artists, illustrators and photographers royalties for the reuse of their published works in UK books, magazines or on TV.

• 6 January 2025

Claiming my creative rights: How DACS Payback supports artists

DACS member and illustrator Jonathan Woodward spoke to DACS about how the Payback scheme has benefitted him.

• 1 October 2024

109,000 visual creators receive a share in £5.3 million of Payback royalties

This month, DACS has begun distributing £5.3 million in royalties to 109,000 visual creators and their representatives through its annual Payback scheme.

• 30 September 2024

Has your work been published in Germany or the Netherlands? Claim your share of royalties by 23 August 2024

Artists and estates can now claim their share of Public Lending Right (PLR) royalties for the lending of books featuring their work by libraries in Germany and the Netherlands.

• 24 July 2024

PICSEL joins the Smart Fund

The Picture Industry Collecting Society for Effective Licensing (PICSEL) has joined The Smart Fund campaign.

• 26 June 2023

UK Parliament debated support for UK artists and culture through innovative funding schemes

On Tuesday 22nd November from 16:30-17:30 in a Westminster Hall, secured by Former Minister for Culture and Digital, Caroline Dinenage, parliamentarians debated “supporting UK artists and culture”.

• 21 November 2022

Supporting a Cultural Revolution across the UK's regions

DACS is convening a discussion at the Conservative Party Conference on 5 October on how the UK can support funding that fuels creative economies, supports local communities, and redresses the balance between creators and tech companies in the digital age.

• 29 September 2022

Had visual works published in Germany? Apply for royalties now

If you are a UK artist who has had visual works published on a German website, featured in a German gallery or published in a German language book, you may be eligible to apply for royalties.

• 29 April 2019