2022春考六选四原文

高中家长学习交流互助3群：801342187Shouldwritersbepaidfortheir

e-books

lentby

libraries?December21,20163.11amGMTWhenlibrarieslendbookstothepublic,authorsandpublishersreceiveremunerationfromtheGovernmentundertheLendingRightsschemes,butthisisnotthecasewhenlibrarieslende-books.Isthisfair?Thisyear,thegovernmenthasdistributedalmostA$22millionunderthese

PublicLendingRightsandEducationalLendingRightsSchemes.Foreachbookinpubliclibrarycollections,creatorsreceive$2.11andpublishersreceive$0.52.Theamountthateachclaimantreceivesisoftennotverysignificant,withthemajorityofauthorsreceivingbetween$100-500annually.Still,aprevious

study

hasrevealedthatthisremunerationconstitutesthesecondmostimportantsourceofincomeforcreatorsfromtheircreativework.E-books,however,arenotcoveredbytheseLendingRightsschemes.Thismaynotbeabigissueatthemoment,sinceonly3.5%oflibraryholdingsaree-booksandmostpublishersstillreleasebooksbothinprintande-bookformats.Bute-booklendingisincreasingand,accordingtothe

AustralianLibraryandInformationAssociation,e-booksarelikelytoreach20%oflibraryholdingsby2020.Also,most,ifnotall,self-publishedtitlesaredonesoindigitalformatonly.Suchself-publishedtitles,iflentbylibraries,wouldnotqualifyforanyremuneration.Forthisreason,authorsandpublishershavebeenlobbyingtheGovernmenttoextendtheLendingRightsSchemestoe-books.AlthoughtheBookIndustryCollaborativeCouncilmadesuchproposalalreadyina

report

of2013,nothinghashappenedofyet.Oneofthemainreasonswhye-booksarenotcoveredisthate-booklendingisquitedifferentfromprintbooklending.Incaseofprintbooks,authorsandpublishersarearguablylosingoncustomersandrevenueswhenlibrariesloantheirbooksforfree.Creatorsonlyreceive$2.11andpublishersreceive$0.52foreachbookinpubliclibrarycollections.

svklimkin/MorguefileAtpresent,inthecaseofe-books,manypublisherschosenottosellthesebookstolibraries.Also,publishersassumethatlibrarieswilllende-bookstomanyreaderssotheyoftenchargelibrariesthreeormoretimesthepricethatconsumersarepayingforthesamee-books.Whilepublisherschargelibrarieshighpricesfore-books,writerscomplainthattheseamountsdonotreachthem.Publishingcontractsoftendon’tspecifywhetherandhowmuchauthorsreceivefore-bookssalesorfore-lending.HowothercountriesdealwiththisquestionThisyear,aPublicLendingRightsschemewasextendedtoe-booksinCanada,withnopaymentsfore-booksyet.Afewweeksago,theCourtofJusticeoftheEuropeanUnionhas

confirmed

thatEuropeanLendingRightsschemeappliesatleasttocertaine-lendingmodels.Governmentsupportforthepublishingindustryisdeclining,butAustralianliteratureisvitalforourcultureandidentity.

FacundoArrizabalaga/EPAShouldAustraliafollowthetrend?Australia’spublishingindustry,liketheindustryworldwide,hasbeeninadeclineforanumberofyears.Despitethis,itisstillour

secondlargestcreativeindustry

anditisofnoquestionthatAustralianliteratureisgreatlyimportantforlocalcultureandidentity.Governmentsupportforthisindustry,however,hasbeendecliningoveryears.Inaddition,theProductivityCommission

hasrecommended

thatthegovernmenteliminatetherestrictionsonparallelimportsofbooks.Ifthegovernmentactsonthis,itwilllikelyreducetheincomeofAustralianpublishersandauthors.TheCommissionhassuggestedthatthegovernmentreplaceparallelimportrestrictionswithsomeotherculturalsupportmeasures.However,inthecurrentneo-liberalclimate,withconstantpressuretodecreasepublicexpenditure,itisunlikelythatgovernmentwillcreateadditionalschemestosupportlocalwriting.OneoptioncouldbetheextensionofLendingRightsschemestoe-books.