Harlequinn publishing and the Romance Writers Association are very concerned about the illegal downloading of romance novels.
RWA Fights Illegal Downloads Of Romance Novels
by Lynn Andriani — Publishers Weekly, 3/31/2008
To help fight the growing problem of the online piracy of romance novels, the Romance Writers of America has established a database on its Web site that lists sites where romance novels are available for illegal downloading. The database, found at www.rwanational.org/cs/internet_piracy, also has instructions for copyright holders (authors) on how to protect their works.
“As theft of intellectual property affects all creators, RWA hopes to raise awareness of this issue and assist authors with the knowledge to demand the takedown of unauthorized copies of their works,” said Allison Kelley, RWA executive director. The problem of unauthorized copies of books appearing online is rampant. For instance, Kelley said, she searched for free downloads of works by Ballantine author Linda Howard, who is a member of RWA’s board, and got more than 2,000 hits. Read more
