SoA Sounds

Roll up and read all about it! The Society of Authors was founded in 1884 and almost immediately the thoroughly Victorian writer Sir Walter Besant became the conductor of its in-house journal The Author. But what would Walter Bessant think of the challenges facing the SoA today? What of The Author and the thoughts of its current editor, James McConnachie? How does journal commissioning work in practice and how can authors get involved? Join Johanna Clarke and Theo Jones as they interrogate these burning questions and more in this timely investigation from the Society of Authors Advisory Clinic team. Featuring contributions from writer and broadcaster Nicholas Rankin and writer and editor of The Author, James McConnachie.

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https://www.alcs.co.uk/

https://www.alcs.co.uk/ai-licences/

https://societyofauthors.org/resources/

https://societyofauthors.org/product/the-author/

https://www.rlf.org.uk/writer/james-mcconnachie/

https://www.faber.co.uk/author/nicholas-rankin/

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Walter-Besant

https://www.sgdl.org/

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/alfred-tennyson

https://www.barbican.org.uk/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grub_Street

https://www.theguardian.com/info/guardian-news-media-freelance-charter

The world of audio drama is a world unlike any other. A world with untold potential and prospect, but as the BBC announce the completement abandonment of the renowned Drama on 3 slot on BBC Radio 3 we hear from a host of radio stars to understand what makes the form in general and that slot in particular so very special. This bonus special episode is brought to you in support of the campaign to Save Audio Drama in association with Equity and the WGGB. Pledge your support here: https://www.change.org/p/save-audio-drama-at-the-bbc. Featuring contributions from Linda Marshall Griffiths, Paterson Joseph, Nell Leyson, Andrew MacCaldon, Timberlake Wertenbaker, Rhiannon Tise, David Morley and Hannah Silva. This podcast is brought to you thanks to the the kind sponsorship of the Authors' Licensing & Collecting Society.

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https://www.alcs.co.uk/

https://www.change.org/p/save-audio-drama-at-the-bbc

https://writersguild.org.uk/

https://www.equity.org.uk/

https://www.lindamarshallgriffiths.co.uk/

https://www.hamiltonhodell.co.uk/talent/paterson-joseph/

https://www.nellleyshon.com/#Home

https://www.berlinassociates.com/client-list/andrew-mccaldon

https://theagency.co.uk/the-clients/timberlake-wertenbaker/

https://rhiannontise.com/

https://www.perfectlynormalproductions.com/

https://www.hannahsilva.co.uk/

When should a freelance writer register for self-assessment with HMRC? What do they need to file and what records should they keep? And how can they minimise the amount of tax they need to pay? Join tax consultant and honorary treasurer of the Society of Authors, Barry Kernon, as he discusses all these burning questions and more in this special Q&A live podcast recording from the offices of HW Fisher, hosted by the Advisory Clinic's Johanna Clarke and Theo Jones.

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SoA Sounds podcast episodes - The Society of Authors

HW Fisher - UK Chartered Accountants - London

Barry Kernon - Consultant - HW Fisher

Check if you need to send a Self Assessment tax return - GOV.UK

Pay Class 2 National Insurance if you do not pay through Self Assessment: Overview - GOV.UK

Self-employed National Insurance rates - GOV.UK

File your Self Assessment tax return online - GOV.UK

Reasonable care: tax returns and other documents - GOV.UK

CH51300 - Assessing Time Limits: The Time Limits: What are the new time limits - introduction - HMRC internal manual - GOV.UK

Expenses if you're self-employed: Overview - GOV.UK

HS234 Averaging for creators of literary or artistic works (2023) - GOV.UK

Overview of Making Tax Digital - GOV.UK

Making Tax Digital (MTD) VAT spreadsheet bridging software | AbraTax

About Form W-8 BEN, Certificate of Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner for United States Tax Withholding and Reporting (Individuals) | Internal Revenue Service

Set up a private limited company: Limited companies - GOV.UK

Running a limited company: your responsibilities: Directors' responsibilities - GOV.UK

Set up a business partnership: Setting up - GOV.UK

Business Relief for Inheritance Tax: Overview - GOV.UK

Public Lending Right (PLR): Eligibility & Registration - The British Library

ALCS

Register for VAT: Cancel your registration - GOV.UK

Self Assessment tax returns: If you no longer need to send a tax return - GOV.UK

https://hwfisher.co.uk/publications/authors-and-freelance-journalists-tax-guide-2023-24/

Tax and insurance - The Society of Authors

Resources - The Society of Authors

Developments in artificial intelligence continue to threaten creators' livelihoods and careers with companies continuing to challenge claims of alleged copyright infringement in court and to lobby government for changes to the law. What infringement action is being taken and how clear is the legislation? What legitimate licensing models are being developed and what do they mean for creators? And what of the wider socio-economic implications both for the present and for the future? Join SoA Advisory Clinic hosts Johanna Clarke and Theo Jones for this bonus special episode as they bring you another chance to catch up on an event originally delivered as part of the SOA @ Home festival of online events, to coincide with the SoA's AGM. Featuring SoA Chief Executive Anna Ganley in conversation with ALCS CEO Barbara Hayes, DACS Head of International, Reema Selhi and lawyer and partner at Howard Kennedy, Mark Stephens CBE.

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Anna Ganley - The Society of Authors

ALCS | Our team

Team - DACS

Mark Stephens CBE

Artificial Intelligence - The Society of Authors

A pro-innovation approach to AI regulation: government response - GOV.UK

SoA survey reveals a third of translators and quarter of illustrators losing work to AI - The Society of Authors

The Bookseller - News - Dutch publisher owned by Simon & Schuster to trial using AI for English-language translations

DACS, the Design & Artists Copyright Society is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to championing, protecting and managing the rights of artists, and maximising their royalties. - DACS

Artists' Earnings Report by the University of Glasgow and DACS - DACS

ALCS

ALCS | Thank you for your views on AI. What happens next?

The Write Share – A campaign from the Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS) to address industry-wide challenges faced by writers and promote solutions to support our world-class talent and protect the future of the UK's creative industries.

The Getty Images v Stability AI dispute: a potential watershed moment for AI and IP - Harbottle and Lewis

Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 – Text and Data Mining Exemption

EU Artificial Intelligence Act | Up-to-date developments and analyses of the EU AI Act

Copyright Licensing Agency https://cla.co.uk/

EU Copyright Directive L_2019130EN.01009201.xml

Generative AI opt-outs are unfair and unworkable. Let's drop the pretense that they're some sort of compromise. - Music Business Worldwide

A recent report from UKIE (The Association for UK Interactive Entertainment) has found that the UK video games market continues to grow reaching a value of £7.82bn in 2023. But what does the video games industry look like for writers? What skills are needed and what creative opportunities are on offer? How are writers contracted and how are they paid? What of the importance of collective voice in this sector, of inclusivity and diversity concerns and what of the need for cross-industry participation and collaboration? And what of the tech and what of the future? Join SoA Advisory Clinic hosts Johanna Clarke and Theo Jones for this end-of-series bonus-double-episode-special as they speak to a number of leading writers and UKIE itself, for an illuminating exploration of the issues at play. Featuring writers Stark Holborn, Brian Baglow, Prof Mata Haggis-Burridge and Dom Shaw from UKIE.

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Mata Haggis-Burridge — BUas Research Portal

Mata Haggis-Burridge Profile / X

Brian Baglow - Edinburgh, United Kingdom, DIGIT.FYI, Napier University | about.me

Brian Baglow (@flackboy) / X

STARK HOLBORN

Stark Holborn Profile / X

Ukie Homepage

Dom Shaw https://www.linkedin.com/in/dominicshaw94/ [email protected]

About - Ukie

2023 Video Game Industry Valuation Ukie

UK Games Map - Ukie

Shadows of Doubt on Steam (steampowered.com)

GTA Games in Order (imdb.com)

The Scottish Games Network - Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster

Scottish Games Week | Save The Date

Homepage | Pact

Bectu

Writers' Guild of Great Britain | WGGB (writersguild.org.uk)

Videogames guidelines - Writers' Guild of Great Britain (writersguild.org.uk)

The Other Side - Twisted animations by Mata - Suggested for mature viewers (matazone.co.uk)

Buy Burnout™ Paradise Remastered - Electronic Arts (ea.com)

Rebellion | Official Rebellion website

Aliens vs. Predator 3 (Video Game 2010) - IMDb

Fragments of Him

Ask an advisor - The Society of Authors

GoldenEye 007: the beloved classic that reshaped video games | Games | The Guardian

The Last of Us™ Part I (playstation.com)

The Witcher Universe | Action-Adventure RPGs

Assassin's Creed Franchise | Ubisoft (EU / UK)

NDA Blogs | The Society of Authors

Hogwarts Legacy - Home

Outer Wilds - Mobius Digital (mobiusdigitalgames.com)

ink - inkle's narrative scripting language (inklestudios.com)

Twine / An open-source tool for telling interactive, nonlinear stories (twinery.org)

Articy

The Ren'Py Visual Novel Engine (renpy.org)

Save 20% on The Baby In Yellow on Steam (steampowered.com)

Home - Warhammer

App Store - Apple (UK)

Resident Evil Resistance | CAPCOM

#RaiseTheGame – Homepage (raisethegame.com)

Mass Effect™ Legendary Edition - EA Official Site

Empower Up (empower-up.com)

Chapter One UK | It all starts with literacy

Autistica Play – We're working with the video games industry | Autistica

Join the SoA - The Society of Authors

The UK's copyright laws protect writers by handing them exclusive rights in relation their original creative work. But how can writers best protect themselves and what does a writer need to do before using the work of others? In the event of an apparent infringement, how can a creator ensure they have a clear and unambiguous claim and what steps can they take? What efforts are being made more widely to combat pirates engaged in widespread infringements and what action against AI companies allegedly training their systems on copyright-protected works without consent? Join SoA Advisory clinic hosts Johanna Clarke and Theo Jones as they guide you through the issues, and bring you exclusive contributions from Jack Newton, Head of Enforcement at the Publishers' Association and Umair Kazi, Director of Public Policy Affairs at the Authors' Guild in the US.

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Staff pages Contracts and advice – The Society of Authors

About the Contracts & Advisory team Advice - The Society of Authors

Guides available from the Society of Authors Guides - The Society of Authors

About the Internet Archive and copyright infringement Internet Archive - The Society of Authors

Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (legislation.gov.uk)

The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown

Holy Blood, Holy Grail a book by Michael Baigent, Henry Lincoln, and Richard Leigh (bookshop.org)

The Spear of Destiny: The Occult Power Behind the Spear Which Pierced the Side of Christ a book by Trevor Ravenscroft (bookshop.org)

The Spear by James Herbert - Pan Macmillan

What is a DMCA Takedown?

WHOIS Search, Domain Name, Website, and IP Tools - Who.is

Jack Newton About us - Publishers Association

Copyright Infringement Portal - Publishers Association

Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) | City of London Police

Publishers Association statement on Z-Library - Publishers Association

Avengers | Members, Villains, Powers, & More | Marvel

Amazon - Report infringement

Intellectual Property Enterprise Court - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Homepage - The Authors Guild

Umair Kazi Staff Directory - The Authors Guild

New Authors Guild AI Survey Reveals That Authors Overwhelmingly Want Consent and Compensation for Use of Their Works - The Authors Guild

Publishers demand that tech companies seek consent before using copyright-protected works to develop AI systems - The Society of Authors

The Society of Authors holds a renowned and important role in advocating for rights of authors everywhere and at all stages of their career. But what do its policy and public affairs efforts look like in practice? How does it work to maximise the impact of those efforts to affect real and lasting change? And how can writers become involved? Senior Contracts Advisor and Public Policy Manager at the Society of Authors, Ambre Morvan, talks exclusively to Advisory Clinic host, Theo Jones, to discuss all these questions and more.

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Policy and campaigns - The Society of Authors

International Authors Forum – A forum for Authors' Organisations

Home - BCC (britishcopyright.org)

Creators' Rights Alliance (creatorsrightsalliance.org)

HOME - EWC - European Writers Council

Home - CEATL

Public Lending Right (PLR) - The Society of Authors

Advice - The Society of Authors

Prizes - The Society of Authors

Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (legislation.gov.uk)

Trade bodies write to Government on 'pressing issue of copyright exhaustion' - The Society of Authors

Save Our Books

CREATOR – campaign for fair contract terms - The Society of Authors

Artificial Intelligence - The Society of Authors

Sustainability in publishing - The Society of Authors

Tree to Me - The Society of Authors

#TranslatorsOnTheCover – sign the open letter - The Society of Authors

#PicturesMeanBusiness - Give Illustrators Credit

About | Axe the Reading Tax

Pay the Creator — creators' rights alliance (creatorsrightsalliance.org)

Spotify streaming deal – send a letter to your publisher - The Society of Authors

SoA survey reveals a third of translators and quarter of illustrators losing work to AI - The Society of Authors

The Write Share – A campaign from the Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS) to address industry-wide challenges faced by writers and promote solutions to support our world-class talent and protect the future of the UK's creative industries.

ALCS | Take our survey on AI

Intellectual Property Office - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

House of Lords - Large language models and generative AI - Communications and Digital Committee (parliament.uk)

SoA welcomes cross-party parliamentary report on creator remuneration - The Society of Authors

Artificial Intelligence (Regulation) Bill [HL]: HL Bill 11 of 2023–24 - House of Lords Library (parliament.uk)

EGM – resolutions and next steps - The Society of Authors

National Writers Conference 2024 - Writing West Midlands

EU Artificial Intelligence Act | Up-to-date developments and analyses of the EU AI Act

The UK trade union for all types of writers, illustrators and literary translators - The Society of Authors

Groups - The Society of Authors

Collecting societies play a crucial and celebrated role for authors, both through licensing works at scale and ensuring creators receive their fair share, but also through advocacy for authors' rights and support through charitable funding. But how do so-called collective management organisations actually work in practice and what does an author need to know? How do they fit into the publishing ecology and what value do they bring? And what of their advocacy, power of collective bargaining and their role as we look to the future? Join SoA Advisory Clinic hosts Johanna Clarke and Theo Jones discuss all this and more, featuring contributions from Richard Combes from the Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society and Harry Boughton, from the Copyright Licensing Agency.

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Licensing bodies and collective management organisations - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

The Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society ALCS

Intellectual Property Office - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

The Copyright Licensing Agency https://cla.co.uk/

ALCS | Our heritage

Public Lending Right (PLR): Eligibility & Registration - The British Library

ALCS | Why writers are at a loss for words

A profession struggling to sustain itself - The Society of Authors

ALCS | Become a Member

ALCS | Royalty Search

ALCS | Our team

ALCS | Terms and Conditions of Membership

Publishers' Licensing Services (PLS).

DACS, the Design & Artists Copyright Society is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to championing, protecting and managing the rights of artists, and maximising their royalties. - DACS

Book Aid International https://bookaid.org/

Copyright Licensing Agency | Not-For-Profit Organisation | CLA

The Write Share – A campaign from the Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS) to address industry-wide challenges faced by writers and promote solutions to support our world-class talent and protect the future of the UK's creative industries.

Tom Chatfield – Website of the author and tech philosopher

ALCS | ALCS launches the Write Share campaign

ALCS | Take our survey on AI

ALCS | ALCS welcomes Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill

ALCS | AI and authors: What comes next

What does the landscape for works in translation look like and what role does the Translators Association play? What of the challenges and what of the campaigns? What do translators need to know and how can the Society of Authors help? And what of the metaphorical cake? Senior Contracts Advisor and co-host of the SoA Advisory Clinic Johanna Clarke sits down with co-coordinator of the Translators Association at the Society of Authors, Catherine Fuller, to discuss all this and more.

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Catherine Fuller - The Society of Authors

British Centre for Literary Translation (BCLT) - Groups and Centres (uea.ac.uk)

Translators Association - The Society of Authors

The SoA Awards - The Society of Authors

Summer School at British Centre for Literary Translation (BCLT) - Groups and Centres (uea.ac.uk)

Groups - The Society of Authors

Industry Insider - Poetry in translation on Vimeo

PEN Translates - English PEN

Afternoon Tea with Frank Wynne https://vimeo.com/768918710

Afternoon Tea with Sarah Death https://vimeo.com/883904746

Industry Insider – Disability, Neurodiversity and Translation https://vimeo.com/766829099

Seminar Programme | The London Book Fair

LBF Does Go On...Volcano and All (publishersweekly.com)

National Centre for Writing | NCW | Celebrating the Power of Words and Ideas

Translators on The Cover News | The Society of Authors

Name the Translator Credit | The Society of Authors

Mark Haddon | mark haddon

Shining a Spotlight on the Art of Translation - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

The International Booker Prize 2024 | The Booker Prizes

SoA survey reveals a third of translators and quarter of illustrators losing work to AI - The Society of Authors

Guides - The Society of Authors

Rates and fees - The Society of Authors

Generation TF: who is really reading translated fiction in the UK | The Booker Prizes

Out of the Wings Festival (ootwfestival.com)

On Reader's Reports The wrong way in - The Society of Authors

Join the SoA - The Society of Authors

Contributor: Catherine Fuller

Join SoA Advisory Clinic hosts Johanna Clarke and Theo Jones as they bring you another catch to enjoy an event originally presented as part of the SoA@Home Festival of online events on the topic of poetry and spoken word at festivals. How do festival organisers find their acts and what considerations are at play? How does a writer evaluate the terms of a booking offered to them? How can writers and organisers ensure that questions of accessibility and inclusivity are front and centre of the industry? Ian Duhig chairs this highly insightful conversation with Liv Torc, Clare Shaw and Jane Yeh.

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Poetry and Spoken Word Group AGM - The Society of Authors

Industry Insider – Poetry and spoken word at festivals - The Society of Authors

Ian Duhig | Poetry Foundation

Home - Liv Torc

Clare Shaw - poet, performer, tutor, trainer

Jane Yeh | Poet, Writer, Lecturer (janeyeh3.com)

WOMAD Festival

About (festivalasform.org)

Michael Rosen | Official Website

The Royal Literary Fund (rlf.org.uk)

Homepage | Writers & Artists (writersandartists.co.uk)

Homepage (artscouncil.org.uk)

Kendal Poetry Festival on X https://x.com/kendalpoetry?lang=en&mx=2

Oxford Real Farming Conference 🌾 9 - 10 Jan 2025 (orfc.org.uk)

Home | Oxford Farming Conference (ofc.org.uk)

Nafeesa Hamid – Verve Poetry Press

Contributors: Ian Duhig, Liv Torc, Clare Shaw and Jane Yeh