licensing body "licensing body" means a society or other organization which has as its main object, or one of its main objects, the negotiation or granting, either as owner or prospective owner of copyright or as agent for him, of copyright licences, and whose objects include the granting of licences covering works of more than one author; [Subs. by Act A952] ACT 332 - COPYRIGHT ACT 1987 3. Interpretation.