Why Business Licensing Matters

Do you know if your employees use or share published content or images at work? With easy access to digital and physical resources, companies are at risk of copyright infringement, leading to lawsuits, compensations and damages. Here are indications of copyright infringement.

Using, distributing and or archiving published content

Monitoring or reviewing news (print/ digital) for analytics or operations

Requiring approval for external sharing rights

Derivative works
used in commercial
presentations/ business 

Downloading of materials from the internet

How We Can Help

Almost every text and image from digital or physical sources are protected by copyright, and identifying and engaging with individual rights-holders is a time-consuming and expensive process. As a government regulated collective licensing body, CLASS represents the global repertoire of publications comprising articles, books, journals and magazines across an international framework of bilateral agreements. Our business licence is required if your employees use or make copies of the content. This encompasses emailing, printing, scanning, sharing or uploading internally or externally.

CLASS’ New One-Stop Business License

CLASS’S new one-stop Business Licence covers all aspects of a company’s needs. A simple all-in-one licence that empowers employees to legally use and share copyrighted texts and images for their work.

Risk Mitigation and Compliance

Having a business licence ensures that your business operates within legal boundaries. This adherence to copyright policies and regulations helps mitigate risks and damages.

Operational Efficiency and Cost Savings

CLASS's Business Licence reduces the need to seek individual clearances for every work, saving time and money.

ESG Reporting

Governance under Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) is beyond tax transparency and policies, but also ensuring your operations do not run into legal implications. Your CLASS Business Licence builds trust among your investors with good governance and ethics.

The Benefits Of A Business License

There are many advantages when applying for CLASS’s new Business License. These include, but are not limited to the following:

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