The government is facing anger from authors shocked to discover that they are not entitled to royalties for books borrowed from libraries run by “big society”- inspired volunteers.

Such libraries are mushrooming as community groups are forced to step in to save their local libraries from closing as a result of spending cuts.

The Society of Authors (SoA) warns that authors may take legal action against the government over copyright infringement on loaned books.

Dalya Alberge, “Authors face royalty threat from volunteer libraries”

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