Don't Buy Harry Potter Books Richard Stallman ============= http://stallman.org/harry-potter.html
Canadians have been ordered not to read books that were sold to them "by mistake" . Read that article, http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1691805,00.html then don't buy any Harry Potter books. Everyone who participated in requesting, issuing, enforcing, or trying to excuse this injunction is the enemy of human rights in Canada, and they all deserve to pay for their part in it. Not buying these books will at least make the publisher pay. Unlike the publisher, who demands that people not read these books, I simply call on people not to buy them. If you wish to read them, wait, and you will meet someone who did get a copy. Borrow that copy--don't buy one. Even better, read something else--there are plenty of other books just as good, or (dare one suggest) even better. Making Canada respect human rights will be hard, but a good first step is to identify the officials and legislators who do not support them. The article quotes a lawyer as saying, "There is no human right to read." Any official, judge, or legislator who is not outraged by this position does not deserve to be in office. On what conditions should we end this boycott? Forgiveness is called for when someone recognizes what he did wrong and acts accordingly. I think we should forgive the publisher when it 1. Recognizes that this injunction was wrong. 2. Promises not to do anything like it again. 3. Calls for changes in the law so that nobody can get such an injunction again. When I say "the publisher" I mean the principal publisher, the one that licenses out the rights for other countries such a Canada. It clearly is in a position to control what the others do, so the responsibility falls there. __ Anivar Aravind GAIA
