If approved also by the Council and the Commission, Member States will be obliged to ensure equitable compensation to authors and publishers for reprography or refrain from making limitations to the exclusive right for reprographic reproduction. The Council now has to determine its position before there is a final draft from the Commission, possibly in June. Laws of Equator, Paraguay and Venezuela include payment for reprography through levies on photocopiers. Olav Stokkmo Argentina and Uruguay propose levies in amendment bills, a solution also studied in Colombia. In Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua, there is virtually no limitation to the exclusive right, even for private use, thus providing an excellent basis for voluntary licensing.
Prospects are good for RROs in several countries.
It was generally recognised that work of RROs is needed to develop and maintain a vital publishing industry. In all countries represented, there are multipurpose collective societies, which can also administer reprography. Electronic Commerce Book sale boosts on the net . Total transaction revenue of sales on the nets increased substantially in 1998 and is expected to exceed USD 142 bn. by 2001. Trend reports predict that book sales will touch a value of USD 6,4 bn.