Authors demand drive to raise readers' awareness of book piracy's cost
'People Who Love Books Don't Steal Books' floated as slogan for drive to protect writers' incomes
A campaign is needed to educate the new wave of e-reader owners that downloading illegal ebooks from torrent sites is theft, amid signs that the piracy of books is increasing, authors claim.
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Thursday, 10 March, 2011
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