ECJ SAYS AUTHORS SHOULD BE COMPENSATED FOR EBOOK PURCHASES BY LIBRARIES
June 1st, 2016
A PRELIMINARY ruling at the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has said authors should be compensated for the lending of their electronic books by European Union (EU) public libraries similarly to traditional books – with one royalty per purchase, not every time an e-book is lent to a reader.
This follows a Netherlands case brought by the ‘Vereniging Openbare Bibliotheken’ (VOB) association representing Dutch libraries against the ‘Stichting Leenrecht,’ a foundation that collects remuneration due to authors. The ‘Rechtbank Den Haag’ (District Court, ...
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