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Fri 11 Nov 2007Authors to be paid for public library loansWriters whose books are borrowed through public libraries will receive payment for such use from 2009, through a scheme worth about 15 cent for each loan.Minister of State for Enterprise Michael Ahern introduced the Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Bill in the Dáil, legislation that will regularise copyright payments through the public library system. The Bill provides for a payments scheme with annual costs of €1,180,403, of which about €846,000 in total will go to authors.