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Yangon’s Pirates of Pansodan St. – A new copyright law may bankrupt Myanmar’s book business
Along Yangon’s Pansodan Street toward Merchant Road, located among the heritage Victorian buildings of colonial-era Rangoon, a pirated book market thrives. The books lining the shelves of street-side stalls, or inside adjacent bookstores, give the appearance of a booming business, featuring longtime bestsellers from Aung San Suu Kyi’s Freedom from Fear and Letters from Burma…
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‘Pushing boundaries’: The rise of Samizdat publishing in Vietnam
Liberal Publishing House publishes and distributes books Vietnam’s government does not want its citizens to read. HANOI, Vietnam – Inside a cramped room in a secret – and temporary – location in northern Vietnam, a printer whirs to life, spitting out sheets of paper covered in text. Neat piles are stacked on nearby tables and…
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Adam Bemma 