The books “Dac Nhan Tam” and “Quang Ganh Lo Di Ma Vui Song” translated from “How to Win Friends and Influence People “and “How to Stop Worrying and Start Living” by Dale Carnegie respectively have been pirated many times, First News said.

In 2008, First News bought the copyright to translating and publishing the two books from American publishing firm Simon and Schuster.

The books had been well-known earlier with Vietnamese readers since the 70s through copies translated by Nguyen Hien Le and published by several local publishers in collaboration with Nguyen Quyet Thang.

But according to Thang, he was authorized by Le to use his translation and that Thang has bought copyright to the two books.

First News said that right after acquiring the copyright, it sent documents to the Publishing Department and all local publishers to inform the matter to prevent piracy.

But pirated Vietnamese copies have still been published and sold publicly in Vietnam during the last three years by over 13 local publishers including the Culture and Information Publishing House in collaboration with Thang.

The pirated copies also print the sentence “Da mua lai ban quyen cua Nha xuat ban Simon and Schuster Inc Publishers - Rockefeller Center, 1230 Sixth Avenue, New York. 20 (Copyright purchased from Simon and Schuster Inc Publishers - Rockefeller Center, 1230 Sixth Avenue, New York. 20)” o­n their inside covers.

Still, Simon and Schuster confirmed they o­nly sold the copyright to First News.