The E-Sylum:  Volume 6, Number 20, May 18, 2003, Article 17

NUMISMATIC BOOKS FOR CHINA

  Howard A. Daniel III writes: "I don't know Professor Li
  Tiesheng of the China Numismatic Society, but I am personally
  very, very reluctant to send numismatic books to China
  because I have seen so many of them translated into Chinese
  and published without permission or royalty to the copyright
  holders.

  I am a specialist in Southeast Asia and have found almost
  every book about that region being published in China is a
  complete copy of another book or assembled from several
  references.

  Even though China has signed the international copyright
  laws, they are not being followed or enforced.  And many
  of the worst violators are numismatic societies and
  government museums, and they do not even mention the
  original author(s) and/or titles in their versions, so they
  appear to be original work.

  If any numismatic references are sent to the professor, I
  would suggest sending only those long out of their copyright."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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