Digital Lending Right
The ASA successfully ran a long-term campaign to expand the Lending Rights Schemes (PLR / ELR) to include digital formats (ebooks and audiobooks) as well as print formats. The expansion was announced in January 2023.
The ASA successfully ran a long-term campaign to expand the Lending Rights Schemes (PLR / ELR) to include digital formats (ebooks and audiobooks) as well as print formats. The expansion was announced in January 2023.
The ASA asks publishers to observe the Ten Principles of Fair Contracts and encourages all authors to seek advice before signing any contract about which they are uncertain.
On 30 January 2023 the Albanese Government announced the new National Cultural Policy, Revive. The ASA lobbied hard to introduce policy settings to support authors’ and illustrators’ vital work and applauds the key wins for literature in Revive.
The Prime Minister's Literary Awards are already awarded free from tax. We at the ASA believe this concession should be extended to all major literary prizes and grants.
The Copyright Act has been the subject of reform discussions for a decade and the ASA’s role is to represent the interests of authors and illustrators in all copyright policy consultation.
Read about the ASA and Books Create campaign. The first time the book industry has spoken with one voice on the issue of territorial copyright.
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