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The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organizations (UNESCO) celebrated World Book and Copyright Day on April 23. According to the website (http://bit.ly/UNESCO_Copyright), "By celebrating this Day throughout the world, UNESCO seeks to promote reading, publishing and the protection of intellectual property through copyright."

The selection of April 23 was not accidental, as that date has a strong tie to literature. Many luminaries of classic literature either were born or died on this day: Cervantes, Shakespeare, Nabokov, among many others. One of the main goals is to encourage a "renewed respect for the irreplaceable contributions of those who have furthered the social and cultural progress of humanity."

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EPIC is working on a formal position paper concerning copyright and intellectual property protection. The first version of this position is posted here. We invite your comments here on the blog.

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EPIC, the Electronic Publishing Industry Coalition, strongly defends the rights of copyright holders to the ownership of their work. In this blog, we will discuss the issues affecting protection of copyright and intellectual property and keep you up on the news affecting ePublishing industry professionals and the reading public. We welcome your comments and look forward to a lively exchange.