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Not All Use Is Fair

by Pamela Parker

Lest we get caught up in the trees and forget that we are in a forest, I’d like to step back from the fair use discussion for moment and refer readers to testimony given just last month to Congress by the Association of America Publishers (AAP). The chairman of the AAP, Pat Schroeder (yes, the former congresswoman) testified to alleged widespread piracy of books in China, estimated to be costing publishers $52 million a year from print piracy and another unknown amount from digital piracy (online downloads). The AAP is asking Congress to take steps to encourage China to enforce copyright and anti-piracy measures that are apparently being largely ignored.
Harry Potter Wizards-in-Training
The Harry Potter Wizards-in-Training
The hugely successful Harry Potter books are among those being pirated in China, along with academic journals and other less commercial publications.


Posted in General on March 12th, 2007

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