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Post #292935

Author
Marvolo
Parent topic
Possible last chapter for Harry Potter Book 7 (POTENTIAL SPOILERS)
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Date created
19-Jul-2007, 4:18 PM
This leak happened because Scholastic said libraries were allowed to open the boxes and catalogue the books before the release date. So the ones getting in trouble should be the idiots at Scholastic who made that descision.

And Bloomsbury or Scholastic can't really charge the person who leaked it with copyright infringement like they want to, because the person who leaked it only posted pictures of the book on the internet. You have to scan the book, or type the book out and make it available as an ebook for it to be copyright infringement. It is not illegal to take low quality images of abook and post them on the internet. Since he did not reproduce the book in any form he can not be charged. And if he did not sign the contract saying he would not leak the book then he can not be charged. If he has a good enough lawyer he should avoid jail time.

All the money wasted on this book's security could have been been sent to Darfur or sent to the family of the Madison kid ( I think that is her name) who went missing. Maybe now the publishers will learn, as long as the internet is around there will be leaks of everthing.