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Current Piracy of Printed Text
Since Personal Computers and the Internet were invented authors have watched their books be illegally copied and reproduced both by hardcopy and online versions. Among the many forms of piracy, the most prevalent is the illegal hardcopy production of entire books. “The inter-American Publishers Group estimates that globally about 50 billion book pages are illegally reprinted every year”(Gopalan)! These pirates are offering the same quality text to the public for a much cheaper price than the publishers who make them legally(Gopalan). Until about five years ago, the pirated versions of books were easily distinguishable from the official versions. However, with advances in technology well organized pirates are scanning not only the text of the books with precise quality but the cover and barcodes as well. Today, an officially licensed book, and a well made pirated book are nearly impossible for the common reader to differentiate.
Online or virtual versions of books are profoundly pirated in today’s society as well. Over the past couple years it has become increasingly more effortless to find and illegally download entire texts, thanks largely to peer-to-peer networks. The Publishing Industry in America is on the verge of going down the same path that the Music Industry is still on. The online piracy of books is taking the annual profits of the American Publishers down year by year(Junnarkar). The authors in turn suffer as well. According to a New York Times article, “A quick survey conducted with peer-to-peer file-sharing software revealed the digital availability of dozens of titles currently on the New York Times best-seller list, including ''The Da Vinci Code,'' ''The South Beach Diet'' and, of course, hundreds of copies of any Harry Potter title. Even the official audio-book versions read by the authors or celebrities are easy to come by”(Junnarkar).
E-Book was developed to try and regulate the level of books being illegally downloaded. An e-book is, “is a contraction of "electronic book." Because many publishers are concerned about the ease with which electronic files can be copied, they protect the electronic versions of their books using digital rights management (DRM) technology. We use the term "e-book" to describe a product with DRM protection. Before you can open an e-book using the Adobe Reader or Microsoft Reader, the software must be activated, a process that verifies the identity of the person using the software”(www.amazon.com). E-books can be purchased and downloaded at www.blish.com.
“The Bane of Book Piracy”, R. Gopalan
“In the Virtual Stacks, Pirated Books Find Eager Thumbs”, Junnarkar.
www.amazon.com
Since Personal Computers and the Internet were invented authors have watched their books be illegally copied and reproduced both by hardcopy and online versions. Among the many forms of piracy, the most prevalent is the illegal hardcopy production of entire books. “The inter-American Publishers Group estimates that globally about 50 billion book pages are illegally reprinted every year”(Gopalan)! These pirates are offering the same quality text to the public for a much cheaper price than the publishers who make them legally(Gopalan). Until about five years ago, the pirated versions of books were easily distinguishable from the official versions. However, with advances in technology well organized pirates are scanning not only the text of the books with precise quality but the cover and barcodes as well. Today, an officially licensed book, and a well made pirated book are nearly impossible for the common reader to differentiate.
Online or virtual versions of books are profoundly pirated in today’s society as well. Over the past couple years it has become increasingly more effortless to find and illegally download entire texts, thanks largely to peer-to-peer networks. The Publishing Industry in America is on the verge of going down the same path that the Music Industry is still on. The online piracy of books is taking the annual profits of the American Publishers down year by year(Junnarkar). The authors in turn suffer as well. According to a New York Times article, “A quick survey conducted with peer-to-peer file-sharing software revealed the digital availability of dozens of titles currently on the New York Times best-seller list, including ''The Da Vinci Code,'' ''The South Beach Diet'' and, of course, hundreds of copies of any Harry Potter title. Even the official audio-book versions read by the authors or celebrities are easy to come by”(Junnarkar).
E-Book was developed to try and regulate the level of books being illegally downloaded. An e-book is, “is a contraction of "electronic book." Because many publishers are concerned about the ease with which electronic files can be copied, they protect the electronic versions of their books using digital rights management (DRM) technology. We use the term "e-book" to describe a product with DRM protection. Before you can open an e-book using the Adobe Reader or Microsoft Reader, the software must be activated, a process that verifies the identity of the person using the software”(www.amazon.com). E-books can be purchased and downloaded at www.blish.com.
“The Bane of Book Piracy”, R. Gopalan
“In the Virtual Stacks, Pirated Books Find Eager Thumbs”, Junnarkar.
www.amazon.com
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