12/13/2023 0 Comments Audiobook pirate sites![]() ![]() Naturally flowing on from this is that copyright infringement ultimately leads to authors being disincentivised to write, which could significantly decimate the creative arts industry.” Firstly, their economic rights are infringed, and therefore royalties which would normally be collected would potentially not be available to the author or collecting society, resulting in significant financial losses, especially given the significant investment in time spent by each author on producing their work. Sunny Kumar, an intellectual property lawyer from Global Firm Ashurst, explains, “The illegal sharing or reproduction of any substantial part of a copyright-protected work has negative consequences for authors. While no one could blame a bookworm for feeling the pinch during a cost-of-living crisis, the sheer amount of low-cost or even free options available quashes even that argument, and making any assumptions on authors' incomes, at any level, isn’t fair either. Targeting "monied" big-name authors only was also a claim. "It doesn’t take long to find evidence of illegal book sharing, or the apparent justification for this practice" A Google search delivered 10 million plus results, with the top entries lists of sites to get pirated books from.Īmong these lists was a 2019 article by The Guardian titled, “ I can get any novel I want in 30 seconds: can book piracy be stopped?” Anonymous users of piracy websites, both polled and interviewed, justified their actions by citing ease of use, lack of funds or nearby libraries, or viewing anything on the internet as fair game. ![]() It doesn’t take long to find evidence of illegal book sharing, or the apparent justification for this practice. ![]() Illegal book-sharing websites may seem like the easy option for avid bookworms, but those that set up or use these websites give little thought to the impact on authors ![]()
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