Public lending right scheme starts

Title

Public lending right scheme starts

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Mar 1979

Year of production

1979

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Duration

00:03:08

Description

Interview with a male speaker (not identified – poss. Lord Willis (Edward Henry Willis)?) on the new Public Lending Right (PLR) scheme aimed at recompensing authors whose books are borrowed from public libraries in the UK. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Edward Henry Willis?

Keywords

Books; Authors; Legislation; Libraries; Royalties; Public lending right system

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