#FreeAllWords: International Text and Translation Fund of the European Writers‘ Council (EWC) gives a voice to authors from Belarus and Ukraine
International book sector organisations jointly establish new association
The European Writers’ Council (EWC) is proud to be a founding member of the new PLR International (Public Lending Right* International) association. We are convinced
on the importance of bringing together lending right stakeholders from across the globe and allowing them to exchange best practices, while providing advice and technical assistance to countries looking to set up PLR systems for the first time or to improve PLR systems already established. The EWC stands for the impact of PLR as a measure for appropriate usage of authors’ work in public institutions as libraries etc.
Founding Organisations
The founding organisations of PLRI are EVA (European Visual Artists, Collecting Societies representing Visual Artists), EWC (European Writers’ Council), FEP (Federation of European Publishers), IPA (International Publishers Association) and three collective management organisations active in the collection and distribution of public lending rights: Reprobel (Belgium), La Sofia (France) and Stichting Leenrecht (The Netherlands). PLRI had been operating as an informal global network since 1995. The new association, now jointly established by the international book sector’s federations formally under Swiss law with its headquarters in Geneva, will organise a PLR International Conference in 2026.
Public Lending Right …
… is the right of authors and other rightsholders to receive payment forthe free public use of their works in libraries.
More Information
Press Release of the establishment of PLRI Association: On the PLRI Website and to the PR in PDF (EN), PDF (FR)