Africa news #3

http://allafrica.com/stories/200811140530.html

Namibia: Piracy Stifles Local Music Industry

Illegal digital copying, downloading or cloning is termed stealing and this is considered a crime.
This hi-tech crime is ethically wrong as illegally copying some one's music is just as good as stealing a compact disc (CD) from a record shop, and Namibian laws are firm on piracy. John Max, the chief executive officer of Nascam, the Society of Composers and Authors of Music, believes that the problem is with lax law enforcement. He thinks that if the government would be a little more strict, people wouldn't be doing this. Customs should prevent pirated music productions from being smuggled into the country while police officers are expected to ensure these goods are not sold once they have been smuggled into Namibia. This also applies to pirated goods produced locally. Piracy is a big problem in Namibia, and John Max is working is hardest to try to prevent it from continuing.

This is news because people living in Namibia, (and in the world,) need to know that piracy is bad, and that if people keep doing it, the artist is not going to earn any money and not get as recognized as now. It also made the newspaper because the police are trying to lower the number of people doing this, so they sent a message in the paper, which everybody reads, to make sure they got it.