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September 18, 2019
The Director Generalof the Nigerian Copyright Commission NCC, John Asein has disclosed plans of theCommission to clean up streets, schools, airports and hotels of pirated booksbecause of the enormous loss this causes publishers.
Asein spoke during aninterview at the Intellectual property symposium themed ‘The bane of counterfeitpharmaceuticals and piracy’ organised by U.S. Mission in Nigeria and theAmerican Business Council, in partnership with the Government of Nigeria andmembers of the private sector.
According to him, manypeople have died under the weight of piracy while many have taken loans andnever recovered as a result, noting that the impact cannot be valued inmonetary terms alone.