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Answer» What is Design and Artists Copyright Society mean? The Design and Artists Copyright Society (DACS) is a UK not-for-profit rights management organisation that exists to collect and distribute royalties to visual artists. It works to ensure that visual artists' copyright and related rights are protected and that these rights are recognised both financially and morally. DACS was established in 1984 and since being founded, it has distributed £100 million in royalties to visual artists and artists' estates through its services. DACS retains a percentage of the royalties it collects and distributes on behalf of artists to cover its not-for-profit organisational costs. It represents 100,000 visual artists and artists' estates worldwide through an international network of collecting societies. DACS is a member of CISAC (Confédération Internationale des Sociétés d´Auteurs et Compositeurs). reference
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