Effect Of Piracy On Publishing And Spread Of Knowledge In Nigeria An Online Journal of World Journal of Library Administration 1(1)
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This work examines piracy as it affects pubhshing and the spread of knowledge. Piracy is the activity of manufahcturing unauthorized copies of protected material and dealing with such copies by way of distribution and sale, while knowledge is the basis for many if not all decisions, and an asset to individuals or firms. All kinds of knowledge are relevant knowledge all are considered to be vehicles for sharing information This can he done through printing (books, periodicals, and newspapers), photography and phonography stage and cinema. broadcasting (radio and Television), advertising and public relations, telephone, telegraph and postal services, convention and even the internet. Knowledge cannot be spread without publishing be it traditional or electronic publishing. Publishing helps to send knowledge to all across the globe. From the reviewed literature. it could he deduced that piracy has both negative and positive effect on both publishing, and the spread of knowledge.
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