Zimbabwe: Piracy - a Blow to Authors, Publishers

10 October 2017

The illegal reproduction and photocopying of books, which are then sold on the streets, has given livelihoods for many but left authors and publishers wallowing in poverty. Education institutions are on record for spearheading the photocopying of books in the process suffocating the sector, intellectual property lobbyists say.

Most of schools, colleges and universities have since acquired heavy duty photocopying machines and this is killing the authors and stripping them of their revenue. Book piracy involves the replication of copyrighted literature through scanning, photocopying, printing and electronic duplication of books, which is now common in the major cities.

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