Public Lending Right Program
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The Public Lending Right Program is a Canadian initiative that compensates authors for the free public use of their books in libraries.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Public Lending Right Program canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5091721 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Public Lending Right Program Context triple: [Canada Council for the Arts, subOrganization, Public Lending Right Program]
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A.
Schools and Libraries Program
The Schools and Libraries Program is a U.S. federal initiative that provides discounts to help schools and public libraries obtain affordable telecommunications and internet access.
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B.
Open Library project
The Open Library project is an online initiative to create a comprehensive, publicly accessible catalog of every book ever published, offering digital borrowing and reading where possible.
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C.
Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property
The Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property is an academic center focused on the intersection of intellectual property law, information policy, and social justice.
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D.
Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled
The Marrakesh Treaty is an international copyright agreement that requires countries to create exceptions and limitations enabling the production and cross-border exchange of accessible format copies of books and other works for people who are blind, visually impaired, or otherwise print disabled.
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E.
National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled
The National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled is a U.S. federal program that provides free accessible reading materials, including braille and audio books, to people with visual or print disabilities.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Public Lending Right Program Target entity description: The Public Lending Right Program is a Canadian initiative that compensates authors for the free public use of their books in libraries.
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A.
Schools and Libraries Program
The Schools and Libraries Program is a U.S. federal initiative that provides discounts to help schools and public libraries obtain affordable telecommunications and internet access.
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B.
Open Library project
The Open Library project is an online initiative to create a comprehensive, publicly accessible catalog of every book ever published, offering digital borrowing and reading where possible.
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C.
Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property
The Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property is an academic center focused on the intersection of intellectual property law, information policy, and social justice.
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D.
Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled
The Marrakesh Treaty is an international copyright agreement that requires countries to create exceptions and limitations enabling the production and cross-border exchange of accessible format copies of books and other works for people who are blind, visually impaired, or otherwise print disabled.
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E.
National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled
The National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled is a U.S. federal program that provides free accessible reading materials, including braille and audio books, to people with visual or print disabilities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cultural funding program
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government program ⓘ |
| adminCenter | Ottawa ⓘ |
| administeredBy | Canada Council for the Arts ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | PLR Program ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
authors
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illustrators ⓘ translators ⓘ |
| benefits |
eligible Canadian authors
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eligible Canadian illustrators ⓘ eligible Canadian translators ⓘ |
| compensatesFor |
library use of books
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public lending of books ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| coversFormat |
print books
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some digital formats ⓘ |
| dataSource | library catalogues ⓘ |
| eligibilityCriterion |
author must be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident
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book must be a published work ⓘ book must be held in selected Canadian public libraries ⓘ book must meet minimum length and format requirements ⓘ |
| excludes |
purely digital self-posted content
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self-published works that do not meet program criteria ⓘ |
| fundedBy |
Government of Canada
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linked to:
Canadian federal government (Ottawa)
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| governingBody |
Canada Council for the Arts Board
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linked to:
Canada Council for the Arts
|
| hasBeneficiaryType | individual creators ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://publiclendingright.ca ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | federal ⓘ |
| languageScope |
English-language books
ⓘ
French-language books ⓘ |
| legalNature | ex gratia payment scheme ⓘ |
| notEquivalentTo | copyright royalty ⓘ |
| paymentBasis |
number of libraries holding the title
ⓘ
sampling of public library catalogues ⓘ |
| paymentType | annual payment ⓘ |
| policyArea |
arts and culture
ⓘ
copyright-related remuneration ⓘ |
| purpose |
compensate authors for free public use of their books in libraries
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encourage creation of Canadian books ⓘ support Canadian authors ⓘ |
| relatedConcept | public lending right ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Canadian literature
ⓘ
Canadian public libraries ⓘ |
| requires | registration of titles by authors ⓘ |
| sector | book publishing ⓘ |
| startYear | 1986 ⓘ |
| targetGroup | Canadian book creators ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Public Lending Right Program Description of subject: The Public Lending Right Program is a Canadian initiative that compensates authors for the free public use of their books in libraries.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.