Harry Potter 6 e-pirated--via text and audio stream

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: "David H. Rothman" <davidrothman () pobox com>
Date: July 16, 2005 7:57:19 PM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Cc: Ip ip <ip () v2 listbox com>
Subject: Harry Potter 6 e-pirated--via text and audio stream
Reply-To: davidrothman () pobox com


J.K. Rowling could make more money and help the cause of literacy if  
she authorized electronic versions of her works. Already e-pirates  
are spreading around the just-released "Harry Potter and the Half- 
Blood Prince" without a nickel reaching Rowling.

What's more, "Harry Potter Radio" this weekend began streaming a  
highly skillful but totally unauthorized reading of the new Potter to  
accompany the almost instantly pirated text--scanned from the p-book.  
So much for the potential of Draconian DRM as a protector of best- 
sellers.

Along with publishers and policymakers, J.K. might want to check out  
J.D. Lasica's Darknet to understand the folly of Luddite copyright  
law as an anti-piracy measure for e-books.

Copyright is okay, but we need balance. If J.K., 40 this month, lives  
past 70, it will be a century or so before her work enters the public  
domain. Oh, well. The Darknets are ready if certain stubborn  
publishers think they can overprice e-books or refuse to release any  
at all.

David Rothman | dr () teleread org | 703-370-6540
(No Darknet connections)


Rowling bio info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._K._Rowling

TeleRead article on e-text piracy of Potter
http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=3237

MobileRead article on e-text piracy
http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=4501

TeleRead on the unauthorized audio stream
http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=3238

TeleRead on IP and trespass law, Harry Potter style
http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=3239

If Harry's good for literacy, why can't Rowling authorize e-books?
http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=3216

Review of J.D. Lasica's Darknet book
http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=2977


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