Dictionary piracy<\/p>\n
From Media Indonesia<\/p>\n
Hassan Shadily passed away two years ago. Until his death, he
\ncould only complain in silence that the (Indonesian-English and
\nEnglish-Indonesian) dictionaries he coauthored with John M.
\nEchols in 1952 were sold in pirated copies.<\/p>\n
All his attempts to find the culprits of this piracy failed.
\nPirated copies of the dictionaries, which demanded a lot of hard
\nwork to compile, have continued to be marketed at a price Rp
\n40,000 cheaper than original copies.<\/p>\n
As his daughter, I feel sad and desperate to see pirated
\ncopies of my father's work being sold by sidewalk vendors. He
\nhimself was once offered the fakes by hawkers for only Rp 20,000
\nper copy.<\/p>\n
I can only hope that those pirating the books are aware that
\nthey virtually \"caused\" the death of my father. He could not
\nexpress his sorrow in words owing to his Alzheimer's disease.<\/p>\n
AMALIA SHADILY
\nJakarta<\/p>",
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