Policy paper

Collective rights management in the UK

The 2022/23 annual review of the IPO’s work monitoring collective management organisations and other licensing bodies.

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The government passed regulations in 2016 about the activities of collective management organisations and ‘independent management entities’ (PDF, 181 KB). These bodies licence businesses and other organisations to use copyright works. They offer these licences on behalf of large groups of creators and rights holders.

The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) is responsible for monitoring compliance with the new regulations. This review talks about the IPO’s activities in this area from April 2022 to March 2023.

Updates to this page

Published 2 August 2017
Last updated 1 January 2024 + show all updates
  1. Section Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act updated.

  2. The collective rights management in the UK has been updated to represent 2022/23 report.

  3. The Collective rights management in the UK has been updated to represent 2021/22 report.

  4. The Collective rights management in the UK has been updated to represent 2020/21 report.

  5. The 2018/19 review of Collective rights management in the UK published.

  6. The 2017/18 review of Collective rights management in the UK published.

  7. First published.

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