Design and Artists Copyright Society (DACS)
The UK's copyright and collecting society for artists and visual creators. DACS exists to promote and protect the copyright and related rights of artists and visual creators.
DACS is a membership-based organisation representing 36,000 fine artists and their heirs, in addition to 16,000 photographers, illustrators, craftspeople, cartoonists, architects, animators and designers, including some of the biggest names in contemporary visual arts.
DACS provides a range of licensing services for copyright consumers seeking to license the individual rights of an artist. Licences for secondary uses of artistic works are administered under collective licensing schemes on behalf of all visual creators. DACS distributes these funds through a Payback scheme.
DACS also manages Artist's Resale Rights on behalf of all artists in the UK. This is operated through its Service Hub. The Artist's Resale Right entitles an artist to a resale royalty each time their art work is sold by an auction house, gallery or dealer.
DACS is a not-for-profit organisation and distributes 75% of licensing revenue back to visual creators. A 25% commission is retained to cover administration costs.
