Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society

Summary

Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society is a business^[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society was a member of Confédération Internationale des Sociétés d'Auteurs et Compositeurs^[3].
• Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society was a member of Society of Audiovisual Authors^[4].
• Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society was a member of International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations^[5].
• Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society is in the country of United Kingdom^[6].
• Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society is in the country of GB^[7].
• Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society's instance of is recorded as business^[8].
• Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society's instance of is recorded as copyright collective^[9].
• Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society's headquarters location is recorded as London^[10].
• Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society's industry is recorded as writing^[11].
• March 23, 1977 marks the founding of Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society^[12].
• 1977-04-26 marks the founding of Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society^[13].
• Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society's official website is recorded as https://www.alcs.co.uk^[14].
• Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society's legal form is recorded as 4GJI^[15].
• Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society's short name is recorded as ALCS^[16].
• Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society's social media followers is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15964'}^[17].
• Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society's official observer status in organization is recorded as World Intellectual Property Organization^[18].

Product Details

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GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

• Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 213800RT9NQJU3GMCR84^[19]

• Registered legal name: Authors' Licensing And Collecting Society Limited^[20]

• Legal jurisdiction: GB^[21]

• GLEIF entity category: GENERAL^[22]

• Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): 4GJI^[23]

• Entity status: ACTIVE^[24]

• LEI registration status: LAPSED^[25]

• Entity created: 1977-04-26^[26]

• LEI first registered: 2017-09-28^[27]

• LEI last updated: 2026-03-13^[28]

• LEI next renewal: 2018-09-28^[29]

• Managing LOU: 213800WAVVOPS85N2205^[30]

• Registration authority: RA000585^[31]

• Authority entity ID: 01310636^[32]

• Conformity flag: NON_CONFORMING^[33]

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

• Type: Rights Society^[34]

• Country: GB^[35]

• Began / founded: 1977^[36]

• MusicBrainz ID: 316efa5f-0f13-4fff-91be-d59b5a0f0d17^[37]

Body

Founding

Recorded inception include March 23, 1977^[12] and 1977-04-26^[13].

Identity

Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society's short name is recorded as ALCS^[16].

Operations

Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society's headquarters location is recorded as London^[10].

Industry

Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society's industry is recorded as writing^[11].

Why It Matters

Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society ranks in the top 4% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21 views/month).^[2]