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> pays authors every time someone checks out their book? That's not how libraries work. Libraries pay for a book once (assuming it wasn't donated to them.)
by MichaelCollins 4y ago
> pays authors every time someone checks out their book?
That's not how libraries work. Libraries pay for a book once (assuming it wasn't donated to them.)
- r_hoods_ghost 4y agoNo, you're wrong. At least in the UK since 1979 [1] Other countries have similar schemes. [1] https://www2.societyofauthors.org/where-we-stand/public-lending-right-plr/ https://www2.societyofauthors.org/where-we-stand/public-lend...
- MichaelCollins 4y agoTurns out other countries still haven't gotten the point of public libraries. Once you own a book, it's your property. You don't have to pay a fee to lend out your own property. This is how it works in America, where free public libraries were invented.