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This has been proposed in the US several times (by publishers -- surprise surprise) but the first sale doctrine still ends the copyright owner's right of distribution (for a specific copy) with the first sale of that copy. For the most part, publishers own the copyrights in the material they publish rather than the author. I can't speak to Australian copyright law, but in the US, the first sale doctrine allows libraries to loan books without getting permission or paying royalties. Of course, one can (at least in the US) waive that right by contract, which is what most licensing schemes do. As Sharron McElmeel pointed out in a previous posting, many producers (mostly media, but I'm starting to see some book publishers now) are not =selling= their works but are now only licensing them to libraries. That means the publisher can now control how libraries may circulate their materials, such as completely eliminating interlibrary loan. Carol Simpson Retired LMS csimpson at carolsimpson dot com -----Original Message----- From: Barbara Braxton [mailto:barbara.288@bigpond.com] Sent: Sunday, July 05, 2009 6:50 PM To: 'Carol Simpson'; LM_NET Subject: RE: [LM_NET] GEN: Pay to loan? Dear Carol I don't know if it is the same thing as the South African proposal, but each year our Copyright Agency samples the collections of a wide range of public and educational libraries and somehow matches the results against the titles that authors have registered with them. They then use some sort of formula so that the authors then get paid a certain amount per copy. This year I got over $1000 for books that I wrote in the early 90s but which are still held in school library collections. Depending on the sort of library and the type of work you can get either Public Lending Rights or Educational Lending Rights, and some, like Morris Gleitzman would get both. It is funded by the federal government. There is more information at http://www.arts.gov.au/books/lending_rights Perhaps the essential difference is that term "developing country" because I can't imagine that Australia is the only country to have this scheme. Barbara Barbara Braxton Teacher Librarian COOMA NSW 2630 AUSTRALIA E. barbara.288@bigpond.com Together we learn from each other -------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book. To change your LM_NET status, you send a message to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * LM_NET Help & Information: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/ * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://lm-net.info/join.html * LM_NET Supporters: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/category/links/el-announce/ --------------------------------------------------------------------