1st January 2007 |
Acts
This legislation regularised the position in Ireland on lending through the public library system in line with the EU Directive on Rental and Lending (92/100/EEC).
The directive required the creation of an exclusive right (i.e. the right of the author to authorise or prohibit) in respect of the public lending of copyright works. This exclusive right can, however, be substituted by a right to remuneration whereby the author would effectively receive a royalty payment for the lending of his or her work.
Under this Act, authors were conferred with an exclusive right to allow the lending of their works in public libraries. Equally, the legislation provided for the establishment, under Regulations made by the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, of a Public Lending Remuneration scheme under which authors will receive a royalty payment for the lending of their works. The scheme concerned was launched by Minister of State, Michael Kitt T.D. on 3rd March 2009.
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