BECS |

Promoting and Managing Performers’ Audio-Visual Rights

BECS is the UK’s only collective management organisation for audio visual performers
With over 30,000 members
BECS has collected over £48m since 2017 for distribution to our members
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Latest News

The Government published its long-awaited report on Copyright and AI yesterday

Mar 19, 2026

BECS welcomes the Government’s formal acknowledgement that introducing a broad copyright exception which would have allowed AI developers to train models on copyrighted works without permission or payment, unless rightsholders opted out, is no longer its preferred...

Press Release on AI Rights Reservation

Feb 20, 2026

BECS is taking essential action to defend audiovisual performers in the age of AI. AI developers continue to use recorded performances without consent or payment. BECS is exercising an opt-out from the EU text and data mining exception—making it unequivocally clear...

Christmas Closing

Dec 17, 2025

The BECS Offices will be closed from December 24th 2025 and will open again on January 2nd 2026. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from all at BECS

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BECS @becs_performers ·

19 Feb

BECS is taking decisive action to protect performers’ rights. We’ve opted out of the EU text & data mining exception - making clear that our members’ recorded performances cannot be used to train AI without permission, fair pay, and transparency https://becs.org.uk #AI #TDM

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BECS @becs_performers ·

13 Feb

A free generative-AI webinar on the Truth behind the Tech for all creators & performers & those in the creative industries who want to understand what g-AI is

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BECS @becs_performers ·

13 Feb

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BECS @becs_performers ·

19 Dec

🎄The BECS Offices will be closed from December 24th and will open again on January 2nd 2026. 🎄

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from all at BECS!