E-Lending Restrictions Proposed in UK

摘要

Stephen Page, the CEO of publisher Faber and Faber, announced the UK-based Publishers Association's (PA) new guidelines regarding ebook lend-ing, including one requiring patrons to be physically present at a library branch in order to download an ebook for borrowing, according to a report by the UK's The Bookseller. Page made the statement during a speech at the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) Public Library Authorities conference on October 21 in Leeds, England. The guideline seemed to have been informed, at least in part, by what Page described as libraries lending ebooks remotely without geographical restrictions. "Under this model, who would buy an ebook ever again? Or any book for that matter?" Page said. He acknowledged, however, that some publishers might take a "more relaxed view" about remote downloading.