Amongst the questions dealt wit by the Committee during the lust year was the thorny one of piracy copyright. It is a complex question, as there is no Law of Copyrigint China and until such has. been established and recognised there nothing legally to prevent works which are copyright in other coun tries being printed locally without any regard to author's rights and royalties, The high cost of forel imported books has given a tremendous impetus to this trade and, as will realized from the many lists circulated in Shanghai, the business has grown to large proportions.. The matter has been taken up as strongly as possible with the London Chamber' of Commerce and the. Chinese Government, and it is hoped that means maybe found to stop the piracy.
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