{"id":2461,"date":"2026-07-17T13:35:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T11:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.luxorr.lu\/not-classified\/copyright-a-call-to-authors-publishers-and-composers\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T14:40:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T12:40:03","slug":"copyright-a-call-to-authors-publishers-and-composers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.luxorr.lu\/en\/announcements\/copyright-a-call-to-authors-publishers-and-composers\/","title":{"rendered":"Copyright: A Call to Authors, Publishers, and Composers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Annual Royalty for the Public Lending of Literary, Pictorial, and Musical Works<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Public libraries and media libraries are required to pay an annual fee of 2 euros per registered user who has borrowed a book as compensation for public lending.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The royalties collected are then distributed among authors, publishers, and composers.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To participate in the distribution of royalties, we invite you to register\u2014if you haven\u2019t already\u2014with LUXORR asbl for your literary and visual works and with SACEM Luxembourg sc for your musical works.  <\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"261\" src=\"https:\/\/www.luxorr.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Luxorr-Logo-1024x261.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1460\" style=\"aspect-ratio:3.9235266234792228;width:259px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.luxorr.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Luxorr-Logo-1024x261.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.luxorr.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Luxorr-Logo-300x76.png 300w, https:\/\/www.luxorr.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Luxorr-Logo-768x195.png 768w, https:\/\/www.luxorr.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Luxorr-Logo.png 1364w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">5 John W. 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