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03-29-2009, 10:37 PM
| | |  J.K. Rowling's lawyers take action against literary website? (UPDATED)
The Times Online is running a story in tomorrow's newspaper about legal action being taken against the literary website, Scribd.com, which hosts free copies of novels, including those written by J.K. Rowling. Quote:
When presented with a list of links to various Harry Potter books, Neil Blair, J. K. Rowling’s lawyer at the Christopher Little literary agency, said that Scribd did not have permission “and what you have identified are infringing listings which we were aware of and actioning”.
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Mindful of copyright concerns, Tammy Nam, a spokeswoman for the San Francisco Scribd, says that it operates a “notice and takedown system”, where it removes books if their publishers demand it. She said: “If we get a request we usually respond in 24 hours.”
Source: The Leaky Cauldron UPDATE: Scribd have since written a blog post challenging the Times Online article, accusing the journalist of poor fact checking. Quote:
To make it absolutely clear, J.K. Rowling and the other authors mentioned are not suing Scribd and have never filed a lawsuit against us.
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03-29-2009, 10:45 PM
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| | Doxy
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I think that's totally fair. I mean just go buy the book 
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03-29-2009, 10:45 PM
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| | Puffskein
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*Hands in head* Oh come on, not again.....
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03-29-2009, 11:13 PM
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| | Jarvey
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They invented librarys for a reason ..geez..
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03-30-2009, 12:06 AM
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| | Doxy
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i never understood why people want free copies of books when they are next to nothing in used book stores (provided the condition is not so good). Why bother cheating the system w/ things like books, when they are so cheap to begin with...?
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03-30-2009, 12:21 AM
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| | Jarvey
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It's really ridiculous when people do stuff like that to avoid buying a book.
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03-30-2009, 12:39 AM
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| | Puffskein
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i would much rather read an actual book
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03-30-2009, 12:44 AM
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| | Hinkypunk
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Erm... not another lawsuit, please!
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03-30-2009, 12:50 AM
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| | Puffskein
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Wow. That's sooo illegal. No wonder JKR's lawyers are taking action. I wonder if other authors are going to do the same...they definitely should.
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03-30-2009, 02:19 AM
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| | Puffskein
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So.....I love the fact that the spokesperson said "they take action" and yet if you search the page, they are still there. Ummmm, if they are taking legal action against you then they want you to take them down!
I hope people stop trying to get away with crap! Jo is a good person who helps others, if you take $$ from Jo you take it away from all the charities she supports! Just go to the Library!!
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03-30-2009, 03:26 AM
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| | Puffskein
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its kinda the same thing as people downloading music and tv shows and movies from the internet for free. Its wrong.
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03-30-2009, 04:25 AM
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| | Firecrab
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I'm not sure what this is about. Is this company giving books away for free? I don't see what's wrong with that. If the company purchases books and give them away, that should be their prerogative, right? It's just like a library, but instead of giving the book back, they get to keep it. | |
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03-30-2009, 04:52 AM
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| | Puffskein
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I'm sorry that is just wrong
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03-30-2009, 05:49 AM
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| | Puffskein
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Yeah! If you can afford to have internet then you can afford to buy the books!
Besides, they cheaper and you can take them anywhere! You can't take your Computer everywhere...yeah, many places...but you can take your books more places!
BUY THE BOOKS!
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03-30-2009, 05:56 AM
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I agree that they shouldn't read the books for free online however as someone who kinda does download stuff for free... Anyway by some comments all of you are assuming that they do pay for their internet. I don't my mum does and let me tell you my internet is a whole lot cheaper than all seven Harry Potter books. Specially since I made my mum buy them all twice... Besides libraries and schools have computers too so they could just as easily accessed it on computers they don't pay for, using internet they don't pay for. Meaning it's just as logical that they can't pay for the books and not everyone is a member of a library or have a library near where they live. Anyway websites like that are good in my opinion however I do agree that they shouldn't put up the stories without permission and that maybe they should only show part of the story with you having to pay for more chapters or whatever. I'm not saying it's wrong for J.K to be suing the website just that all of you harping on people that use said website is wrong.
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03-30-2009, 06:56 AM
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This is mad ... why do people come up doing stupid stuff like this? They spoil the interests of others!
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03-30-2009, 08:16 AM
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Originally Posted by EmmaRiddle  Mindful of copyright concerns, Tammy Nam, a spokeswoman for the San Francisco Scribd, says that it operates a “notice and takedown system”, where it removes books if their publishers demand it. She said: “If we get a request we usually respond in 24 hours.” As opposed to simply not doing this very illegal thing in the first place. H'mm...better to beg forgiveness than ask permission, much? O__o
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03-30-2009, 10:27 AM
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Originally Posted by finfin91 I'm not sure what this is about. Is this company giving books away for free? I don't see what's wrong with that. If the company purchases books and give them away, that should be their prerogative, right? It's just like a library, but instead of giving the book back, they get to keep it. Not quite. This website allows its users to upload, well, documents. That can be pretty much anything - term papers, newspaper articles, essays, umm... transcripts of any kind, personal writings, and so on... And copyrighted books as well, I guess. The legality isn't 100 percent clear as far as sites such as this one go.
Think YouTube for written documents.  Quote:
Originally Posted by SlytherinSistah As opposed to simply not doing this very illegal thing in the first place. H'mm...better to beg forgiveness than ask permission, much? O__o As I understand it, the content on Scribd is uploaded by its users, not the site staff or anything, so acting on DMCA notices is the best they can do, I guess. Again, much like YouTube I suppose.
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03-30-2009, 02:10 PM
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| | Snidget
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03-30-2009, 04:52 PM
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| | Mackled Malaclaw
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i think this is completely fair - if you want a book, you buy it - if you can't afford the book, go to your city's central library and borrow it.
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03-30-2009, 05:07 PM
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| | Imp
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Argh. If people want a book they buy it - that's part of being an optimistic reader. If a company is hosting novels online. A book isn't a file, it's a book. You shouldn't be allowed to just download books. Imagine if you had another bestsellers' list - but with downloads? It's just wrong.
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03-30-2009, 05:37 PM
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| | Puffskein
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*rolls eyes* Here we go again.....
Do you think that JK's lawyers employ someone to sit and trawl the internet and then they have monday morning meetings to decide whom to sue this time?
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03-30-2009, 05:45 PM
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| | Moke
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All this bugs me most of the time. If you think about it, as someone else pointed out, librarys are there for a reason. Now, I really don't like like the sound of an online library, just read the actual book. So I get why they're taking legal action against them, but why, when the HP books take quite awhile to read through would you want to read them online? Just go to your local library and read the book! And why do they keep sueing people, or 'taking legal action'... Quote:
Do you think that JK's lawyers employ someone to sit and trawl the internet and then they have monday morning meetings to decide whom to sue this time?
it's a good question, wouldn't surprise me at all if they do actually
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03-30-2009, 09:12 PM
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| | Jarvey
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Oh, no. Another lawsuit. Sighh. But it's still fair of them -- people shouldn't be getting her books of the internet.
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03-30-2009, 10:05 PM
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| | Puffskein
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Originally Posted by ebony_wandson *rolls eyes* Here we go again.....
Do you think that JK's lawyers employ someone to sit and trawl the internet and then they have monday morning meetings to decide whom to sue this time? Can I get an AMEN on that one> Yes she has the right to protect her assets and her intellectual property, but IMNSHO it makes her come across as greedy and lawsuit-happy.
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