什么是公共借阅权制度？

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有關公共出借權，答復如下：

一、
公共出借權 Public Lending Right 
……丹麥首先於1946年立法，規定著作權人對其著作物享有出借權，其後挪威、瑞典、芬蘭、冰島、紐西蘭等國亦相繼制定類似的法律，德國之新著作權法亦承認出借權……在實際上如何使出借權合理可行，亦有種種困難……例如英國在1979年之「公共出借權法」(Public Lending Right Act)規定作者可向國家特設之基金中受領一定之給付。但此種權利之旨趣無非在保障作家之生活與創作之動力，以促進國家文化建設。1982年通過「Public Lending Right Scheme」……

資料來源：
圖書館學與資訊科學大辭典


二、
Public Lending Right (PLR) 
Under programs funded by the national governments of Britain， Denmark， Finland， Norway， and Sweden， authors of works circulated by public libraries are entitled to receive a subsidy based on the number of times a book is borrowed. In Britain， living authors and illustrators named on the title page may register to receive compensation， provided they are UK residents. Periodicals， reference books， and conference proceedings are excluded， as are works of less than 32 pages (24 pages for poetry and drama). For a more detailed discussion of PLR， see the entry by Jim Parker in the International Encyclopedia of Information and Library Science (Routledge， 2003). In Canada， the program is administered by the Public Lending Right Commission.

資料來源：
ODLIS — Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science