(MENAFN- Emirates News Agency (WAM))
FRANKFURT, 16th October, 2017 (WAM) -- The Kalima Translation Project from the Department of Culture and Tourism - Abu Dhabi held a seminar at the Frankfurt Book Fair this week which tackled the subject of how to combat book piracy in the Arab world.
The seminar was attended by Petra Hardt, Director of Rights and Licensing at Suhrkamp Verlag Publishing House, Matthew Elliott, Senior Copyrights Specialist of the Kalima, and Iman Mohammed, Head of Publication Unit at the Public Relations and Communications Sector, Department of Culture and Tourism - Abu Dhabi.
Literary critic Hans Ruprecht, Director of the International Literature Festival in Switzerland, conducted the seminar.
On its website, the International Publishers Association said that, "Piracy, the unauthorised use of copyrighted works, is a serious issue for publishers. Book piracy, whether in print or digital form, is costing publishers around the world billions of dollars annually. It creates significant harmful effects throughout the book chain, hurting publishers, distributors and retailers, but also authors and readers.
"In the digital age, electronic files can be created and spread widely within short time periods. Sharing illegal copies for free online means publishers lose out on sales and authors lose out on royalties. It also leads to a decline in the perceived value of a book."
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