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Latest Potter book scanned, swapped
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2003 03:28:30 -0400
------ Forwarded Message From: "the terminal of Geoff Goodfellow" <geoff () iconia com> Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2003 07:57:47 +0200 To: "Dave E-mail Pamphleteer Farber" <farber () cis upenn edu> Subject: Latest Potter book scanned, swapped Latest Potter book scanned, swapped By Paul Festa Staff Writer, CNET News.com June 25, 2003, 2:01 PM PT People who want to read the latest Harry Potter book but dont want to wait in line or pay for it can download a free copy. As a result of the increasing ease and speed with which a book can be scanned and repackaged into an e-book format with common technology, the latest installment of the Harry Potter series--along with its four predecessors, movies based on the books and audio versions of the texts--can be obtained as easily as an audio file on file-swapping services such as Kazaa. That, some predict, could be a harbinger of a nascent Napsterization of the book publishing industry. "I think that just like MP3s, popular books will become popular downloads as more devices allow people to read with the ease of carrying the real thing," said Wayne Chang, a student at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and systems administrator for PickATime.com, an online appointment book. "These e-books are made by users, not pros." --snip-- http://news.com.com/2100-1025-1020984.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- geoff.goodfellow () iconia com * Prague - CZ * telephone +420 603 706 558 "success is getting what you want & happiness is wanting what you get" http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/01/biztech/articles/17drop.html http://www.tapsns.com/members-bio/geoff-goodfellow.shtml ------ End of Forwarded Message ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as interesting-people () lists elistx com To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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