Reader agreement
The Reader Agreement is an agreement between the Dutch Publishers Association (NUV)/Publication and Reproduction Rights Organisation (Stichting Pro) and the higher education institutions (via their umbrella organisations, the Association of Universities in the Netherlands (VSNU) and the Netherlands Association of Universities of Applied Sciences (HBO-raad)).
This agreement sets out arrangements for the use of copyright-protected material in educational publications such as readers. The agreement deals with the conditions for this and with the “fair payment” that must be made.