And some publishers (including media that already charge more for
"public performance rights) have discussed charging certain buyers
who will formally share their purchases with others, a different
price to include the privilege of loaning their materials.
A disaster for libraries who are already are struggling with less
than adequate budgets but seems like a fair alternative and much
easier to administer than a "lending fee" that would be hard to
monitor.
Sharron McElmeel
At 5:13 PM -0500 7/5/09, Carol Simpson wrote:
>This just came across an intellectual property list I subscribe to. This
>has been proposed in the United States from time to time, as well.
>
>
>
>June 29, 2009. South African Authors Seek First Public! Lending Right In A
>Developing Country
>
>South Africa could become the first developing country to permit authors to
>be paid when libraries lend their books if an authors group gets it way, but
>the proposal is likely to spur strong opposition from access-to-knowledge
>advocates and libraries.
>
>Link to the article: http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/?p=4864
>
>
>
>Carol Simpson
>
>LMS retired
>
>csimpson at carolsimpson dot com
>
>
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