Book piracy racket busted
12 08 2007Ranchi, Aug. 10: In a first operation of its kind, police here raided six different buildings in the state capital and recovered “pirated” text books and “guides” valued at several crores. Six people were also arrested.
In a gross violation of intellectual property rights, the “pirates” printed popular books published by NCERT, Bharati Bhavan, S. Chand, Oxford University Press among other publishers. Poor quality paper, shoddy printing and missing chapters marked the pirated editions. They also did not have the publishers’ hologram. Priced lower than the original, they are, however, lapped up by buyers, among them students and parents.
Source: http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070811/asp/frontpage/story_8178401.asp
