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June 19, 2003
Library loan and copyrights in France
France have just approbed a law related to the loaning remuneration in libraries in concept of royalties. The law 2003-517, June 18th 2003, published in the Official Diary June 19th 2003, modifies the legislation about intelectual property in this country. The new law, that will have to be completed by an act, stablishes two systems to calculate the quantity that will be given in concept of royalties. In one hand, they will start with the number of users (except in school libraries) and, on the other hand, with the price of the works in shops. The beneficiaries of this remuneration, in some cases payed by the State, will be authors and publishers. We still have to know how this law is articulated and how it will affect libraries.
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Published: June 19, 2003
Category: Intelectual property
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