united kingdom

 

Payment 2008
PLR Loans Year 1 July 2006 - 30 June 2007
Funding Amount £ 7.63 million (approx € 10.16 million)
Source of Funding National Government
Legal Status PLR Act 1979, program since 1982
Adminstrative Framework Department for Culture, Media & Sport
Method of Calculation Loans Based
No of Sample Libraries 41 authorities (1,067 branches)
Rate Per Loan 5.98p (approx 8 cents)
No of Registered Authors 35,051
No of Payments 23,942
Total Payment Amount £6.66 million (approx € 8.87 million)
Average Payment £278 (approx € 370)
Maximum Threshold £6,600 (approx € 8,789)
Minimum Threshold £1 (approx € 1.33)
Residency/Citizenship Requirements Any author resident in the EEA (ie EC Member States plus Icleand, Norway & Liechtenstein)
Language Requirement N/A
PLR Payments Continue After An Authors Death Yes, PLR continues for 70 years after an authors death
Eligible Material  
Books Yes providing it has an ISBN, is printed and bound, and has been offered for sale
Audio Visual No
Music No
Other  
Eligible Contributors  
Authors Yes, providing they are named on the title page
Are shares fixed? No
Illustrators Yes, providing they are named on the title page
Are shares fixed? No
Photographers Yes, providing they are named on the title page
Are shares fixed? No
Editors/Compilers Yes, providing they are named on the title page and have written more than 10% of the book or 10 pages of text
Are shares fixed? Yes 20%, 50% or 80% depending on the extent of the editors/compilers contribution
Translators Yes
Are shares fixed? Yes, 30% (which is divided equally between co-translators)
Adaptors/Retellers Yes
Are shares fixed? Yes, 80% of the text share where the originator is named on the title page 100% if originator is not named on the title page
Publishers No
Copyright Holders No, unless they are named on the title page and have contributed to the text or illustrations
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