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Originally Posted by Xenophon
Some other countries have such fees (the U.K., for example). I've never yet heard a satisfactory explanation of how these fees make their way to authors (although I'm sure someone knows).
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There's an overview of Public Lending Right (in the U.K.) at:
http://www.plrinternational.com/esta...trators/uk.htm
Authors register, and then the PLR fund is divvied up between them based on the number of loans.
Libraries' computerised issuing system tracks the number of loans.
In 2008 it worked out at just under 6 pence per loan, up to a maximum annual payment of £6,600.