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Since its establishment in 1981, Publishers' Licensing Services (PLS) has provided rights management services to the publishing industry. PLS’ primary remit is to oversee collective licensing in the UK for book, journal, magazine and website copying. In addition, it also provides a range of rights management services, including the award-winning PLSclear. A not-for-profit organisation, PLS distributed more than £38.5 million from collective licensing in 2020/21 and has more than 4,000 publishers signed up to their services.