Key Features and Functions include:

Blanket permission for wide range of materials
The licence covers copying, printing, scanning, emailing, saving, uploading, and sharing extracts from books, journals, magazines and many online publications from within the UK and internationally.

Flexible reuse across formats and channels
Enables reproduction of content in print and digital forms, internal circulation across an organisation, inclusion in reports or presentations, and limited website republishing under specified terms.

Variant licences for different sectors
CLA offers different licence types (such as Business Licence, Education/HE licences, Public Sector Licence, Media Monitoring or Consultancy Licence) tailored to the needs of businesses, schools, universities, public bodies, and PR/media agencies.

Coverage for media monitoring and press clippings distribution
For organisations that receive media monitoring output or press clippings, the licence permits internal sharing — and in the case of media/PR agencies, external distribution under the appropriate licence variant.

Support for generative AI use (where licensed and permitted)
As of 2025, licences for corporate and public-sector organisations have been updated to include permissions allowing use of licensed content as prompts for generative AI tools (subject to licence terms).