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Piracy Isn't The Only Danger

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Posted by Betty Kasischke
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on Friday, 13 April 2012
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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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Why Piracy Pays (Thanks to PayPal)

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Posted by Rowena Cherry
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on Sunday, 25 December 2011
in Copyright and IP

This is one way FILESONIC pays:

Get up to $35 per 1000 downloads. We pay for ALL countries!

This program lets you earn money when your files are downloaded. We count and pay for downloads from all countries (please see the grid below). If you take the time to properly analyze this payout system, you will find that we are the most optimized PPD program amongst all file hosts!

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Copyright and IP: another author speaks out in her blog (link to it)

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Posted by Rowena Cherry
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on Tuesday, 08 November 2011
in Copyright and IP

http://shilohwalker.wordpress.com/readers-piracy-2/

This is a powerful, comprehensive, and highly readable article by shiloh in which she explains the devastating effects of copyright infringement, and answers some of the most common "justifications" that pirates and digital parasites favor.

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