------ Forwarded Message From: "B.K. DeLong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Harry Potter and the Right to Read > >http://www.michaelgeist.ca/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=896 > > Appeared in the Toronto Star, July 18, 2005 as Harry Potter and the Amazing >Injunction Feel free to pass this on. While from a legal standpoint, this guy makes some good points he completely misses the reason of the injunctions in the first place. The author wanted to make sure, to the best of her ability, that EVERY one of her fans had the opportunity to find out the plot of the book at the same time. Because of the immense popularity of her books, (6M sold on the first day just in the US, 250k books sold an hour), she wanted to make sure people couldn't get the books in advance and start "spoiling" or telling other fans about important plot points. Even despite her attempts, by Tuesday of last week I knew who the title of the book referred to, had the jacket text, all the chapter titles, knew who died, knew all the romances that occurred, and had the full text for the first and last chapters as well as the 1st page of every remaining chapter. That sucked. Luckily, it didn't effect my reading as much as I feared but being a firewall for this info to protect our fans from reading it was a pain in the ass. You are a subscribed member of the infowarrior list. Visit www.infowarrior.org for list information or to unsubscribe. This message may be redistributed freely in its entirety. Any and all copyrights appearing in list messages are maintained by their respective owners.
