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Dec 20, 2010 Letters

Dear Editor,
When I read your December 19th article entitled, “Record stores unhappy with DVDs street vendors”, I was both amused and saddened at the same time. Why is it when we should be promoting copyright and piracy laws we instead have people guilty of the same international despicable acts grumbling over turf to sell pirated DVDs and CDs? Also, the article mentions legitimate record stores. What does this mean? Are stores legally licensed to sell pirated CDs and DVDs in our country?
I remember Eddie Grant (of whom I bought two original albums from a hotel he owns in Georgetown) has always lamented this fact which makes it difficult for any Guyanese musician to make a living locally. Partly because I dreamt of being a recording artist as a child I have always been naturally inclined to purchase only originals; of course at a higher price.
While at a cultural event at my current university I took two CDs to be played which I bought directly from the Mighty Chief and Iroots Iauwata, but because they were recorded on simple CDs and labelled by hand I had a difficulty explaining to the Japanese that they were not pirated articles.
I was then informed that even if pirated material was produced and/or bought elsewhere I could still be charged in Japan for having them in my possession. It goes to show that as Guyanese we need to move forward because we live in a very globalized world.
Dr. Devon Dublin

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