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2024 in review: DACS distributes over £16 million in royalties to more than 100,000 artists and artist estates in its 40th year

In 2024, DACS celebrated its 40th anniversary and 25 years of its Payback collective licensing scheme marking four decades of advocating for artists' rights and ensuring fair compensation for creators.

• 31 January 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

SCOOP - A new, collaborative, cross-industry solution to sustain news journalism and photojournalism in the UK

A new joint venture between the non-profit licensing organisations representing freelance journalists and photojournalists

• 5 December 2024