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Public Lending Right

Meaning of "Public Lending Right" in the English dictionary

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Public Lending Right


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PUBLIC LENDING RIGHT

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WHAT DOES PUBLIC LENDING RIGHT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Public Lending Right

A Public Lending Right programme, is a programme intended to either compensate authors for the potential loss of sales from their works being available in public libraries, or as a governmental support of the arts, through support of works available in public libraries, such as books, music and artwork. Twenty-eight countries have a PLR programme, and others are considering adopting one. Canada, the United Kingdom, all the Scandinavian countries, Germany, Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, Israel, Australia, and New Zealand currently have PLR programmes. There is ongoing debate in France about implementing one. There is also a move towards having a Europe-wide PLR programme administered by the European Union. The first PLR programme was initiated in Denmark in 1941. However, it was not properly implemented until 1946 due to World War II. The idea spread slowly from country to country and many nations' PLR programs are quite recent developments.

Definition of Public Lending Right in the English dictionary

The definition of Public Lending Right in the dictionary is the right of authors to receive payment when their books are borrowed from public libraries PLR.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PUBLIC LENDING RIGHT

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WORDS THAT END LIKE PUBLIC LENDING RIGHT

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Synonyms and antonyms of Public Lending Right in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Public Lending Right» into 25 languages

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The translations of Public Lending Right from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Public Lending Right» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

公共借阅权
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

Derecho de préstamo público
570 millions of speakers
en

English

Public Lending Right
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

लोक लेंडिंग राइट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الإقراض الحق العام
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

ППА
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

Público Direito de Comodato
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

সর্বজনীন ঋণদান অধিকার
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

Droit de prêt public
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Hak Pinjaman Awam
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Verleihrecht
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

公貸権
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

공공 대출 을 마우스 오른쪽
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Public Lending Right
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Cho vay công cộng phải
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

பொது கடன் உரிமை
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

सार्वजनिक सावकार अधिकार
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Kamu Borçlanma Hakkı
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

Diritto di prestito pubblico
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

Public Lending Right
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

ППА
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

Împrumut public dreapta
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Δημόσια δανεισμου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Openbare uitleen reg
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Offentlig utlåning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Public Lending Høyre
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PUBLIC LENDING RIGHT»

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Intellectual Property Harmonisation Within ASEAN and APEC
E) MINIMAL HARMONISATION: THE PUBLIC LENDING RIGHT In another case, the degree of harmonisation was only minimal, i.e. in the area of public lending rights.36 In this case, the diversity of national laws, policy aims and economic ...
Christoph Antons, Michael Blakeney, Christopher Heath, 2004
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International Copyright: Principles, Law, and Practice
However, the member states of the European Union,78 following the E.C. Rental Right Directive, as well as a number of other countries, have adopted a form of public lending right aimed at giving authors, and in some cases publishers, a right ...
Paul Goldstein, P. Bernt Hugenholtz, 2013
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Billboard
A public lending right exists for books in Denmark (and for books and phonograms in Sweden) but the loan frequency of the 25 million books in Danish libraries averages 2.5 times a year, while that for the half-million records is averaging five ...
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Intellectual Property Law in the United Kingdom
Public lending right only applies to loans of books made from public libraries and not from university private libraries. Under CDPA, the rental right covers sound recordings, film and computer programs where they are rented out for money or ...
Colin Davies, Tania Cheng, 2011
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Copyright’s Highway: From Gutenberg to the Celestial ...
Several European countries have a public lending right — Denmark adopted the first in 1946 — to compensate writers for the potential income they lose when library patrons borrow rather than purchase their books. Is this public lending right ...
Paul Goldstein, 2003
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Dictionary for Library and Information Science
578 Public Lending Right (PLR) Public Lending Right (PLR) Under programs funded by the national governments of Britain, Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden, authors of works circulated by public libraries are entitled to receive a ...
Joan M. Reitz, 2004
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Intellectual Property Law in Ireland
Public Lending Right 142. ... that is 1 January 1997: see Quinn.2 In fact, when the details of the Irish government's proposals on the public lending right appeared, it was evident that authors would not benefit from the provisions of the lending ...
Robert Clark, Máire Ní Shúilleabháin, 2010
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How to Build a Digital Library
The public lending right compensates authors for public lending of their work— although an exception is granted for not-for-profit and educational use, which do not require the copyright holder's consent. The remaining rights, called other rights ...
Ian H. Witten, David Bainbridge, David M. Nichols, 2009
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Australian Intellectual Property Law
9.6 Public and educational lending rights The public lending right (PLR)218 and educational lending right (ELR)219 schemes are regimes designed to compensate Australian authors and publishers for income that is 'lost' when their books ...
Mark J. Davison, Ann L. Monotti, Leanne Wiseman, 2011
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Year Book, Australia
The Public Lending Right Act 1985 provides the legislative framework for the PLR Scheme. A Public Lending Right Committee is appointed by the Minister to administer the Scheme, and the Act provides for the gazettal of a PLR Scheme by  ...
‎1994

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PUBLIC LENDING RIGHT»

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Life is a highway: digitally and otherwise
In addition, there's a thing called public lending right that compensates writers for physical books in libraries. Nobody's getting rich, but books are getting read ... «Nelson Star, Jul 15»
2
Dan Brown's Inferno thrills UK library users as passion fades for Fifty …
... meaning it failed to even make the top 100, according to new figures released today by Public Lending Right (PLR), which tracks borrowing from UK libraries. «The Guardian, Feb 15»
3
Fifty Shades of Grey book a turn-off for library users
Public Lending Right (PLR) was established by an Act of Parliament in 1979, giving authors the legal right to receive payment from government each time their ... «The Independent, Feb 15»
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Hong Kong authors seek public lending right so libraries pay …
Authors' public lending rights have been recognised in legislation by at least 41 countries, with 28 stipulating it in laws that require libraries to make the payment. «South China Morning Post, Apr 14»
5
Library book borrowers stay true to their favourite authors, survey …
The tables are created by the Public Lending Right and Education Lending Rights schemes, which make payments to authors and publishers based on the ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Feb 14»
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Happy day for authors as PLR pays out
But there are also some exhilarating highs, chief among them the arrival each year of a payment from the Public Lending Right. Without doubt, this is the ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Feb 14»
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Libraries see surge in erotic book borrowing
The borrowing of erotic fiction from UK public libraries has leapt by 500% over the ... The new Public Lending Right (PLR) charts reveal the most borrowed books ... «BBC News, Feb 14»
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Norway commits to digitizing every single book in their National …
There were no further details about exactly what the payment system is like, but it may operate along the lines of the Public Lending Right, which is in place in ... «MobyLives, Dec 13»
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Authors' Public Lending Right payments frozen
Writers are remunerated for loans of their work through public libraries under the Public Lending Right (PLR), which will distribute a total pot of £6.1m to authors ... «The Guardian, Dec 13»
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Philip Pullman leads challenge to publishers over e-book library …
They get ongoing royalties from every library loan via a Government scheme called the Public Lending Right. It is estimated to account for a total of £6m in ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 13»
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