Harry Potter and the Copyright Infringement
Yes, it's true.
As four people have now called to tell me and three readers of the blog (who for some reason can't use the comment function - will have to look into that) have now e-mailed, the Harry Potter book has indeed leaked online.
If the "upload image" function of the blog was working right now, I'd be able to show you a picture to prove it.
The Machinist blog has a good post on it. Pictures, but no spoilers.
Someone told me today: "I had to know if it was true. So I tried downloading it. It took me five minutes to get it."
I tried too. Couldn't help it. Took me six minutes.
But I'm not reading it and I'm not spoiling it for any of you. Just might be harder to avoid the spoilers this time around.
Said the same person who bested me in illegal downloading by a minute:
"I'm thinking of answering my phone: 'Hi, don't tell me anything about Harry Potter.''"
My mother has been harassing my sister, who works in a bookstore, about the possibility of swiping a copy from the stockroom for her. She doesn't actually want her to do it -- she just wants to hear that it's possible.
It's apparently possible. But mom's not downloading either.
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I guess the pictures that were taken hadn't been stripped of some of the data in the files. A portion of the data is the serial number of the camera it was taken on, and several people yesterday suggested that the person who did this better not of sent in their warranty card, or they'll be in for a suprise when cops show up.
Posted on July 19, 2007 10:18 AM
Yeah, the camera data says the pirate used a Canon Rebel (pricey) and took the photos on July 15, taking him or her roughly four hours from 8 to midnight. The pirate wasn't careful about this at all. Somebody knows they're missing a book, and who would have access to it. If the feds really care, it won't take them long at all to bust this kid.
Posted on July 19, 2007 10:30 AM
Man, is there anything geekier than techno-examining Internet-leaked photographs of a Harry Potter book?
This may be as good as it gets.
Posted on July 19, 2007 3:05 PM