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08-01-2005, 09:03 AM
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There have been many reports about pirated copies of ' Half-Blood Prince'. This time there have been rushed translations appearing in China, missing some paragraphs and, in places, getting facts from the novel wrong. Quote:
A spokesman for Rowling's London agent, Christopher Little, said two weeks ago the agent had successfully taken action against Chinese pirates but declined to give details.
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08-01-2005, 09:22 AM
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| | Granian
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More Piracy? Some people have the strangest of ideas
First to Post! Everyone says that when they post first but i dunno what the point is, i didnt get anything from it O_o *shrug*
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08-01-2005, 09:28 AM
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08-01-2005, 09:53 AM
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why would people buy the book if the new it was wrong?
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08-01-2005, 09:58 AM
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| | Granian
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Originally Posted by karen_ginger why would people buy the book if the new it was wrong? desperation probably
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08-01-2005, 10:34 AM
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| | Jarvey
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I read it in the papers today...^ desperation...true but one more reason can be this...cheaper rates! The pirated copies cost 20yuan while the original costs some 128 yuan, not sure, but there is a huge difference. That may attract people to buy pirated versions.
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08-01-2005, 11:19 AM
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Well isn't that strange. I don't think I coud buy the piracy copy. I'd miss too much info.
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08-01-2005, 11:30 AM
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| | Ramora
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not very surprised...it always happens here. The cost factor's the main reason people buy pirated copies....
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08-01-2005, 12:30 PM
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what about the e-book?
I think its more difficult to track..
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08-01-2005, 12:38 PM
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| | Red Cap
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Originally Posted by karen_ginger why would people buy the book if the new it was wrong? I agree with "desperation", but maybe people are not aware of the wrong lines and missing paragraphs since they haven't read the original?  I dunno, maybe they do think what they have in their hands is a faithful pirated copy of the book.
I couldn't buy a pirated thing either. I did it once, a pirated PoA, I was desperate to see it and it hadn't opened in Portugal yet, but the quality sucked and the subtitles were crap, I swore to myself not to do it ever again. My parents took me to London and I saw it there instead.  | |
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08-01-2005, 12:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Anirock I really couldn't read a book if I knew it's not original. Me neither
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08-01-2005, 03:54 PM
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| | Ramora
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Originally Posted by Anirock I really couldn't read a book if I knew it's not original. Yeah I agree
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08-01-2005, 04:53 PM
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Why would you want to read it?
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08-01-2005, 08:02 PM
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lol.. I wonder if they wrote the thing themselves? Pirated copies probably will someday become a huge collectors item..
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08-01-2005, 08:12 PM
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| | Puffskein
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id miss 2 much if it is wrong
i wouldnt even understand
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08-01-2005, 10:23 PM
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| | Billywig
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awww.....too bad for them.....
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08-01-2005, 11:03 PM
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that sucks..
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08-01-2005, 11:29 PM
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They just wanted that book right then and there. It's not good though. You know they could have waited a bit longer but they didn't and now they're in trouble.  Stinks for them. Patience-virtue. And I agree with what was being said before...I could never read a book that I know I shouldn't be reading. Talk about ruining it for yourself- that's considering of course if you even feel guilty or care.
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08-01-2005, 11:36 PM
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They just can't wait a few months for the real thing! I could never read a pirated book. Because the original is SO much better. And that guy who was so upset about the ending of HBP that he wrote his own? I accepted what happened! Just with great difficulty...Oh who am I kidding! HOLD ME!!!  | |
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08-02-2005, 01:17 AM
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Money is almost always an issue. As far as I've heard, I've heard of people downloading the book as a pirated E-book, and not paying a penny for it, too.
As long as something is popular enough to earn a profit, piracy will always happen - and there will always be people who support it.
Either for monetary reasons - they don't think it's worth to pay X amount for something - or just out of desperation of wanting to know what happens or for any other reason.
It stinks, it's bad, but unfortunately, it happens and will probably always happen.
If there's such an outcry over pirated HP books, imagine the outcry from the music industry over illegal MP3s and the like. Just something for people to think on...
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08-02-2005, 02:44 AM
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If its pirated...one misses a lot of things.......
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08-02-2005, 04:45 AM
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They also said that some fake author wrote a fake HP novel..i had to laugh cause the title was so fake sounding
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08-02-2005, 06:08 AM
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seen this... but it's very interesting
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08-03-2005, 10:15 AM
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i heard this news to the radio telling that theres a hp piracy in china.. i want to see that book
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08-07-2005, 01:47 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hebecraft18 lol.. I wonder if they wrote the thing themselves? Pirated copies probably will someday become a huge collectors item.. Hehe, that would be crazy! Or perhaps an overexcited fan wondering if his/her fanfic could actually be thought to be HBP. 
Plus, it would really be a waste of money to have a book with some parts missing. I mean, the UK version already had one sentence missing from HBP; I wouldn't dare stumbling upon a pirated copy without knowing it, and buy it thinking it were the real thing. That could break a fan's heart.  | |
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