Sentences with phrase «public lending right»

Presumably the public lending right item is a way of saying «taxpayers, provide more money to pay us for lending e-books».

It also recommends the long - overdue extension of public lending right (PLR) to e-loans.

As I understood it they do: public lending right is capped, in order that it doesn't all go to the three most popular authors if they take up say 90 % of loan between them.

Today, an EU court looks at public lending rights for libraries.

Not exact matches

It feels like every new step in the right direction also leads to a host of new problems and closures for public libraries where digital lending is concerned.

One of the polarizing issues in the U.S. ebook market right now is the conflict over public library access to ebook titles for lending, but we may be able to take a lesson from Libranda's new partnership with OverDrive to afford access to new and bestselling ebook titles to library patrons in Spain.

This includes the right to copy, adapt, issue, rent and lend copies to the public.

Just specifically relating to library lending — under PLR (Public Lending Right) in the UK & Ireland (run by the British Library) authors (and collaborators e.g. narrators for audio etc.) are paid for * every * loan of their books (including electronic and audio).

Unlike in the US where an author is only paid when a library purchases a particular title for lending from its catalog, under the UK law Public Lending Right, authors are compensated at each patron checkout, as well.

I'd not previously realized this more nasty aspect of the publishers» attack on public libraries, requiring «OverDrive and our library partners to cooperate to honor geographic and territorial rights for digital book lending, as well as to review and audit policies regarding an eBook borrower's relationship to the library (i.e. customer lives, works, attends school in service area, etc.).»

Unlike in the US where an author is only paid when a library purchases a particular title for lending from its catalog, under the UK law Public Lending Right, authors are... [Read more...]

Borrowing eBooks has Never Been Easier: Readers can easily connect to their local public libraries right from their Kobo Aura ONE with built - in, one - touch OverDrive library lending access *.

The Dutch reference for a preliminary ruling is based on the following facts: A report commissioned by the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture had opined that the lending of e-books did not fall within the scope of application of Directive 2006/115 (as transposed into Dutch law) and, as a result, libraries could not benefit from an exception to the exclusive lending right to lend e-books to the public.

By virtue of the exception in Article 6 (1) the Directive establishes a remuneration right for authors whose works are lent by public libraries.

Furthermore, with regard to the relationship between the lending right and the right to communication to the public under Article 3 (1) of Directive 2001/29 the AG dismisses the parties» arguments that the latter would apply.