INDIAN AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS ARE CALLING FOR A UNITED STAND TO FIGHT BOOK PIRACY
February 1st, 2014
INDIAN publishers are adopting a smarter more holistic approach to fight book piracy and are focusing on awareness campaigns to tackle the problem.“Educational authorities like the ministry of human resource development and other stakeholders should join hands with publishers to make people understand that there is some sanctity to copyrighted knowledge, which should be respected,” said Mr Sesh Seshadri, secretary of The Association of Publishers in India (API).The organisation has a dedicated legal team to fight piracy though litigation, encouraging ...
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