(27 Jan 2023) Authors, illustrators, and editors will be compensated for e-book and audiobook library borrowings for the first time, in a move by the federal government to bring lenders’ rights into the 21st century. A $12.9 million expansion of the annual lending rights scheme over four years will be announced at Monday’s launch of…
(25 Feb 2021) At a recent public hearing, the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) called for the Australian Government to modernise current library lending rights schemes, with additional funding for a digital lending right to include ebooks and audiobooks. Appearing with the Australian Libraries Copyright Committee (ALCC) and the Australian Society of Authors (ASA)…
(11 Feb 2021) Registrations are open now for the 2021 Public Lending Right scheme closing on 1 March. Each year Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, National Library of New Zealand makes payments to New Zealand authors, illustrators and editors from the Public Lending Right (PLR) for New Zealand Authors fund. “In 2020 the…
(2 Feb 2021) Registration opened yesterday for authors and publishers to receive payments as part of a trial public lending rights program launched last year at two public libraries. The three-year pilot program, organized by the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Culture, allows Taiwanese authors, creators, publishers and registered non-governmental organizations to be compensated…
(31 Dec 2019) On Jan. 1, Taiwan will become the first country in East Asia to adopt a Public Lending Right (PLR) program, under which writers will receive compensation for free public access to their books at two national libraries, the Ministry of Culture said Tuesday. Taiwan News has more details here.
A timely discussion on the survival of the publishing industry and public access to knowledge took place in Taipei (12 June 2019) The publishing community held a seminar on public lending rights (PLR) at National Taiwan Museum on Tuesday (June 11) to promote public understanding of “fair remuneration.” The event was timed to coincide with…