There are Hundreds of Thousands More Book Gallery "Octopus Cikeas"

Sonora Radio correspondent reports, Rico

Hundreds of thousands of pirated books in circulation is estimated Octopus Cikeas free in many cities, like Jakarta, Bandung, Yogyakarta and Surabaya. Octopus Cikeas pirated books are most outstanding in Jakarta and Bandung.

"There are 15 kinds of bootleg series, if there was an average of 10,000 means that there are approximately 150,000 pirated books in circulation," said Director Julius Felicianus Galang Press on the sidelines of preparatory Tahlilan Remembering Gus Dur 40 days in Yogyakarta, Monday (8/2/2010) . He states, for Jakarta alone there are 4 series of pirated books.

He added that based on his experience with the book Jakarta UnderCover, the number of pirated books is usually 2 times the existing estimates. So, now there are an estimated 300,000 copies of the book bajakannya.

According to Julius, not only the author's name wrong. Octopus Cikeas pirated books that circulated in Jakarta, if opened, will not start with page 1 but 29 straight pages. "There are writings of the author, George Junus Aditjondro mistakenly printed with the name of George Junius Aditjondro," said Julius.

He made sure, in the material, Galang Press losers. However, society is more disadvantaged because of limited access to information related to allegations of corruption. Julius delivered in Jakarta that the pirated book Octopus Cikeas many circulating in Pasar Senen, while for Bandung common octopuses Cikeas pirated books in the traditional book market.

It is true that the losses arising from the case. I think many people who suffered losses, in addition to the material, as well as a community we must obtain accurate and reliable, perhaps even made the news less, in the sense of data that should be complete book to be reduced with the piracy problem above. However, it returned again to our own society.