PLR is key in the global mission our organisations have: to protect and sustain culture!
ABOUT US
Establishing Public Lending Right
Public Lending Right (PLR) is the right of authors and other rightsholders to receive payment for the free public use of their works in libraries.
PLR has been in existence since the 1940s. The first country to establish a PLR system was Denmark in 1946, followed by Norway in 1947 and Sweden in 1954. In every PLR country the use of authors’ works in public libraries forms the bedrock of the system. Additionally, other types of library, such as school and university libraries, may be included.
PLR International (PLRI) brings together countries with PLR systems to facilitate the exchange of best practice. It also provides advice and technical assistance to countries looking to set up PLR systems for the first time.
The Board of Directors of PLR International
- Anne Bergman (FEP – Federation of European Publishers). Alternate Committee Member: Quentin Deschandelliers.
- José Borghino (IPA – International Publishers’ Association). Alternate Committee Member: James Taylor.
- Nicole Pfister Fetz (EWC – European Writers’ Council). Alternate Committee Member: Nina George.
- Geoffroy Pelletier (SOFIA – Société Française des Intérêts des Auteurs de l’écrit). Alternate committee member: Florence-Marie Piriou.
- Arjen Polman (Stichting Leenrecht)
- Laetitia Nguala Masamba (EVA – European Visual Artists)
- Kurt Van Damme (Reprobel , Belgium). Alternate Committee Member: Jean-Paul Langhoor-Beitia.
President of PLR International: Arjen Polman
arjen.polman@plrinternational.com / arjen.polman@cedar.nl
Vice President of PLR International: Geoffroy Pelletier
gpelletier@la-sofia.org
The Board of Directors of PLR International
PLR supports authors’ creativity, cultural diversity, and the sustainability of the publishing sector, ensuring a large book offering.
PLR allows the right holders to receive a recognition of their books being read through lending in public libraries. PLRI will monitor actual schemes and nurture new systems when they don’t yet exist.
PLR is the commitment to fairness.
PLR makes reading books also respecting author’s work and its economic value!
PLR ensures authors are fairly compensated for every use of their work, helping sustain their livelihoods.
PLR is a simple and ethical way to compensate rightsholders for the loss of revenue when their work is made available through libraries.
PLR compensation to authors, including visual artists, helps them to sustain their creative processes and to make more vibrant works for the enjoyment of society.
Lending right goes with lending honour: fair compensation for the honour to lend all those wonderful books.
PLR provides fair remuneration for authors and publishers and is a major supporter of editorial diversity.
PLR is for People who Love Reading, Patrons of Libraries’ Repositories, to Provide Lasting Remuneration, that Protects Literary Resilience and Promotes Literacy and Reading.