Public Lending Right Program

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The Public Lending Right Program is a Canadian initiative that compensates authors for the free public use of their books in libraries.

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instanceOf cultural funding program
government program
adminCenter Ottawa NERFINISHED
administeredBy Canada Council for the Arts NERFINISHED
alsoKnownAs PLR Program NERFINISHED
appliesTo authors
illustrators
translators
benefits eligible Canadian authors
eligible Canadian illustrators
eligible Canadian translators
compensatesFor library use of books
public lending of books
country Canada
coversFormat print books
some digital formats
dataSource library catalogues
eligibilityCriterion author must be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident
book must be a published work
book must be held in selected Canadian public libraries
book must meet minimum length and format requirements
excludes purely digital self-posted content
self-published works that do not meet program criteria
fundedBy Government of Canada NERFINISHED
governingBody Canada Council for the Arts Board NERFINISHED
hasBeneficiaryType individual creators
hasWebsite https://publiclendingright.ca
jurisdiction federal
languageScope English-language books
French-language books
legalNature ex gratia payment scheme
notEquivalentTo copyright royalty
paymentBasis number of libraries holding the title
sampling of public library catalogues
paymentType annual payment
policyArea arts and culture
copyright-related remuneration
purpose compensate authors for free public use of their books in libraries
encourage creation of Canadian books
support Canadian authors
relatedConcept public lending right
relatedTo Canadian literature
Canadian public libraries
requires registration of titles by authors
sector book publishing
startYear 1986
targetGroup Canadian book creators

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Canada Council for the Arts subOrganization Public Lending Right Program