Public Lending Right And Indian Position
- IJLLR Journal
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Dr. Nandita S. Patil, Associate Professor, Department of P.G. Studies in Law, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Cttp. Sambhajinagar, Maharashtra
ABSTRACT
Public Lending Right is a right which provides payment to authors from Governments as a compensation for the free lending of their books by public and other libraries. It is first introduced in Denmark and at present there are 35 countries having active PLR systems. PLR systems fall into either State Cultural Policy or Copyright Policy or a Specific system. There is no mention of Public Lending Right in the Berne Convention, TRIPS Agreement and WIPO Copyright Treaty. The national treatment obligation with respect to rights of remuneration continues to be controversial. India was against the PLR during the WIPO negotiation. India does not provide for PLR for authors of literary works. However, now is the time for India to introduce PLR system not as a part of copyright but as a part of cultural policy like that of Canada and Australia.
Keywords: public lending rights, copyright, author, national treatment, India
