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  India must act against piracy, says Jeffrey Archer

India must act against piracy, says Jeffrey Archer

PTI
Published : Mar 7, 2016, 2:10 am IST
Updated : Mar 7, 2016, 2:10 am IST

Bestselling author Jeffrey Archer, who was once asked by a young boy in Mumbai selling pirated books if he wanted the latest Archer novel, says the Indian government needs to do something about piracy

PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan said the Pakistan women’s team were scheduled to leave for India on Tuesday.
 PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan said the Pakistan women’s team were scheduled to leave for India on Tuesday.

Bestselling author Jeffrey Archer, who was once asked by a young boy in Mumbai selling pirated books if he wanted the latest Archer novel, says the Indian government needs to do something about piracy.

“While I’m aware of the tremendous support I receive in India for my books, the government still needs to do something about pirating,” said the 75-year-old author.

“Here’s a classic example — they’re even putting my name on books that I didn’t write,” he said in a post on his blog. The example he cites is of a pirated version of Passenger to Frankfurt, in which the author’s name is wrongly mentioned as Archer’s.

Passenger to Frankfurt is a spy novel penned by Agatha Christie. The pirated book’s cover has more mistakes. It claims Passenger to Frankfurt is the next part of Archer’s “First Among The Equal.”

Whereas Archer’s 1984 novel following the careers and personal lives of four fictional British politicians was named First Among Equals and not “First Among The Equal.”

Last year, he also expressed his anger over some Bollywood producers “stealing” his work without making any compensation. According to him, his novel Not A Penny More, Not A Penny Less was made into the rom-com Ladies Vs Ricky Bahl and Kane and Abel into Khudgarz without his permission.

“I am naturally unhappy that Bollywood producers steal my work and make no attempt to make any compensation. It’s very disappointing that the Indian government allows them to get away with it. They should of course contact my agent, Jonathan Lloyd at Curtis Brown in London,” Archer had told PTI.

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