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Internet piracy spreads from music to books



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Internet piracy spreads from music to books

By Ashling O'Connor, Media Correspondent
Published: August 22 2001 17:32GMT | Last Updated: August 22 2001
20:57GMT | Financial Times


J.K. Rowling (left) and J.R.R. Tolkien are the best-selling
authors most likely to be copied by internet pirates, according
to a survey warning of the rapid spread of file-swapping from the
music industry to book publishing.

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