Electronic Publishing and Copyright
Copyright laws are currently tailored to printed books. Electronic publishing brings up new questions in relation to copyright. ePublishing may be more collaborative, often involving more than one author, and more accessible, since it is published online. This opens up more doors for plagiarism or theft.
Some publishers are trying to change this. For example, HarperCollins limited the number of uses that one of its ebooks can be lent in a public library . Others, such as Penguin, are attempting to incorporate the elements of the eBook into their publications instead.
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