Twelve organisations have already signed up to offer services to the Copyright Hub, which received £150,000-worth of initial Government funding earlier today.

Among the 12 companies that form the first wave of backers offering services to help realise the central copyright licensing website are music industry collection societies PPL and PRS for Music.

The BBC is also on board – an organisation that has been highlighted in the past as crucial to the Hub, which will provide a portal with ...