by sarah@becs.org.uk | Mar 19, 2026 | news
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...
by sarah@becs.org.uk | Dec 17, 2025 | news
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
by sarah@becs.org.uk | Nov 5, 2025 | news
We are pleased to advise that this year’s Annual General Meeting will take place on Tuesday 2nd December 2025. For those that cannot join us, we request you complete a proxy form and return this to us by 2.30pm Friday 28th November 2025. A proxy form will be sent to...
by sarah@becs.org.uk | Jul 25, 2025 | news
We have made some minor changes to update our privacy notice and make sure it remains legally compliant. The amended policy can be found here The material changes are summarised below: We have amended our address since we have recently moved offices. We have added...
by sarah@becs.org.uk | May 30, 2025 | news
The law on copyright and performers’ rights exists to give creatives (in which term we include performers) control over the use of their work, so that they can earn a living from it. Performers entertain and inspire us every day. Their contribution is key to the...
