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Two Authors' Guild Members Argue For Stronger Copyright Law

Scott Turow

First Posted: 02/18/11 02:09 PM ET Updated: 05/25/11 07:35 PM ET

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Over at the New York Times, yesterday, Scott Turow and James Shapiro, both of the Authors' Guild, penned a short piece in defense of stronger copyright law under the title "Would the Bard have Survived the Web?"

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Over at the New York Times, yesterday, Scott Turow and James Shapiro, both of the Authors' Guild, penned a short piece in defense of stronger copyright law under the title "Would the Bard have Survive...
Over at the New York Times, yesterday, Scott Turow and James Shapiro, both of the Authors' Guild, penned a short piece in defense of stronger copyright law under the title "Would the Bard have Survive...
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Olderandwiser55
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06:06 PM on 02/20/2011
" Piracy is a lucrative, innovative, global enterprise. . . . The rise of the Internet has led to a view among many users and Web companies..."

Get real...these jokers will cause more of by listing their e-books for more than a real book would sell for..good luck with that. Scott Turow's most recent book sells for $14.99 in the Kindle version, just over $8 in paperback. I liked your books Scott but really-not exactly great literature.
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deepintheheartoftejas
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12:42 PM on 02/19/2011
Whether you agree with them or not, copyright is absolutely not censorship, as the headline implies.
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07:38 AM on 02/20/2011
How did they mix that up...Copyright is essential to protect the artist's content of their works and many take liberties with "Fair Use." Using elements of works in other works without the credit, compensation, and permission of the artists only hurts all artists. This is not censorship. However, using the intellectual property of another artist without the above mentioned considerations is theft.
I completely believe in copyright law, but I do not advocate censorship.
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Olderandwiser55
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06:15 PM on 02/20/2011
I really think it's greed. They push copyright law as far as they can and believe the whole way they are great writers. Somehow, I won't feel bad when Turow's books are pirated somehow, someway because he's charging $15 for an electronic copy. They've tightened copyrights in the US but really, that won't stop them.
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