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Originally Posted by HarryT
Mojoe,
When you borrow a book from the library, the author (not the publisher - the author) gets a payment (5.98p in 2007) via the Public Lending Right. Can you clarify how this payment gets to the author if you download the book instead of borrowing it from the library?
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This scheme only applies in certain countries - the UK being one. In other countries like the US for instance there is no such scheme. So there is no compensation to authors for when you borrow a book. So it is exactly the same as downloading.
Also it is not strictly true to say that if you borrow a book a payment goes to the author. If you borrow a book in one of the monitored libraries (a handful of the total number in the UK) then a payment goes to the author up to a maximum of £6000. Other countries handle their systems differently.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Lending_Right