Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7) Leaked for BT Download
Filed in: Web — July 21st, 2007
It is 21st July, 2007, the big day to all Harry Potter fans. The final book of Harry Potter series — Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7) is on sale today.
However, no matter how much security works they have to protect the book, the pirated copies of the book were leaked online on BitTorrent networks a few days before official release date.
“A check of some of the BitTorrent search engines shows that the book is typically broken up into multiple parts. The copies appear to originate from photographs taken of leaked copies of the novel. One version found with the torrent-tracking site, The Pirate Bay, had pages 496 to the end of the nearly 800-page fantasy about a boy wizard.” — News.com
Although the BT download links have been removed but many have downloaded a copy. The Harry Potter 7 spoiler is spreading in the Net.
According to Los Angeles Times, Scholastic Inc, the publisher of the Harry Potter book series is taking legal actions against several peer-to-peer websites, and DeepDiscount.com (online retailer) over the unauthorized release of digital and print version of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7).
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July 21st, 2007 at 4:14 am
I wrote about this bittorrent and harry potter thing few days ago, and i got this letter from the publisher, i believe big sites like TechCrunch too got the same email, demanding the removal of any articles that mention of bittorrent and harry potter.
___________________________________________________________
URGENT LEGAL NOTICE
Dear Sir/Madam
HARRY POTTER: NOTICE OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT ON GECKOFLY.COM
1. I act on behalf of J.K. Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter
books and owner of the copyright therein, and Bloomsbury Publishing Plc,
which has the exclusive right to publish, distribute and sell the Harry
Potter books in various territories worldwide, including the United Kingdom
(the ³IP Owner²).
2. This letter puts you on notice that the materials identified and
available at the links below infringe the IP Owner¹s copyright and related
rights in the Harry Potter series of books according to relevant legislation
and common law. The infringing materials (and/or links to them) can be found
at:
http://www.geckoandfly.com/2007/07/18/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-o
n-bittorrent-torrent/
(the ³Infringing Material²).
3. My contact details are set out at the bottom of this letter.
4. I have a good faith belief that the dissemination and use of the
Infringing Material is not authorised by the IP Owner, its agent or the law.
5. I certify, under penalty of perjury, that the information in this
notification is accurate and that I am authorised to act on behalf of the IP
owner(s) including in respect of the Infringing Material.
Please take immediate steps to remove or disable access to the Infringing
Material in order to prevent a continuing infringement of the IP Owner¹s
rights. As you will be aware, the material posted is likely to disseminate
very quickly unless appropriate steps are taken to prevent this and
therefore it is crucial that it is removed or made inaccessible at the
earliest opportunity. Please contact me on the telephone number/ email
address set out below should you require any further information regarding
this matter or on my cell phone at +44 (0)7738 571884 if I am not available
on the number below.
I appreciate your cooperation and thank you in advance for your immediate
attention in respect of the above. I would be grateful if you could urgently
confirm the action taken in respect of the Infringing Material.
Yours sincerely
Leah Alpren
Solicitor
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
36 Soho Square
London W1D 3QY
Direct Dial: 0207440 2482
Fax: 02077580217
Email: leah_alpren@bloomsbury.com
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Note:
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Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the message states otherwise and the sender is authorized to state them to be the views of any such entity.
Thank You.
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Registered in England No. 1984336
Registered Office: 36 Soho Square, London W1D 3QY
A & C Black Publishers Limited
Registered in England No. 189153
Registered Office: 38 Soho Square, London W1D 3HB
July 21st, 2007 at 3:19 pm
Even here in Malaysia, bookstores are boycotting the sale of this book to show protest since Tesco is selling it much cheaper.
July 21st, 2007 at 6:45 pm
not only Tesco, Carrefour sell Harry Potter 7 too. The listed price is RM109.90 but both hypermarket sell at only RM69.90!
Hmm.. the profit margin is so high.
July 21st, 2007 at 11:02 pm
today i go to TESCOＫLang,
many people at entry there sale the HARRY POTTER’s book…
July 22nd, 2007 at 9:45 pm
Carrefour batu pahat also selling at RM69.90. my gf queued up at yesterday 7am. what a shocked to me!
August 4th, 2007 at 2:07 am
RM 69.90? That about £ 10.00 !!! The book can be bought for £6.99 from WHSmiths. Thats about RM49.27. The conversions are based on the assumption that RM is the same as Malaysian ringgits.
November 6th, 2007 at 8:57 pm
I need a link to download half blood prince. i had the hard cover edition until i was mugged last month.
December 17th, 2007 at 7:46 am
Search for it on http://www.thepiratebay.org/ . Please note that downloading copyrighted material is illegal.