The long-practiced scourge of illegal copying and distribution of published school texts may soon be engaging the attention of the court as overseas publishers, their agents in Georgetown and the few remaining local bookstores seek to launch a counter-offensive against pirates who have been operating with impunity for years.
Lloyd Austin, owner of Austin’s Bookstore, one of a few bookselling establishments that have survived the voracious piracy of school texts told Stabroek Business earlier this week that legal action is awaiting the acquisition of a Power of Attorney that will allow Cambridge, one of the publishers affected by the illegal copying of books to be enjoined with others. Pearson (Longman) Oxford, Heinemann,
