Library books seized in raid on illegal photocopying

News From Singapore says a two-hour raid on three photocopying shops last week, 30 original books were seized that could be used to track down their borrowers. Most books were on loan from public and university libraries.

The Association of American Publishers (AAP), which financed the raid, is cautioning borrowers, usually students, that they could be held liable for infringing copyright laws.

‘Their first punishment is to pay the overdue library fines of books that have been seized. The next time, they might not get off so easy,’
Update: 04/20 08:18 EST by B:Link fixed.

April 20, 2004 by Uncategorized 3

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3 Responses

  1. daidy says:
    April 20, 2004 at 6:12 pm

    I’m confused
    Is there an article to go with this? The link just takes me back to lisnews.com

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  2. daidy says:
    April 20, 2004 at 6:18 pm

    Re:I’m confused
    This one?

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  3. Snave says:
    April 20, 2004 at 7:51 pm

    Mixed feelings about this one
    This is really common in Indonesia also. Unfortunately, most students can’t even begin to afford to buy books of any kind, while photocopy shops are very cheap and ubiquitous. In addition, a lot of students (if they have the right contacts) can photocopy banned books brought in by friends or in private libraries. They simply don’t have access to a lot of titles (many of them written about their own country). While Singapore students may be wealthier on average, the gevernment still practices censorship. In addition, library access in places like Indonesia is not as open or available as it is in many other places (not sure about Singapore).

    Intellectual piracy in less-wealthy and/or less open societies sometimes is the only way for people to get or disseminate information at all.

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