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  1. Why I am Happy To Be Pirated - Paulo Coelho

    by , 31st July 2011 at 09:20 PM (The Water Cooler Talk: BLOG by Sakshi!)
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    Pirates actually do a favour to writers and artistes

    IN THE former Soviet Union, in the late 1950s and 60s, many books that questioned the political system began to be circulated privately in mimeographed form. Their authors never earned a penny in royalties. On the contrary, they were persecuted, denounced in the official press, and sent into exile in the notorious Siberian gulags. Yet they continued to write.

    Why? Because they needed ...