Harry Potter's 'Half Blood Prince' Leaked

darkonc writes "The CBC is reporting that about 15 copies of "Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince" were accidently sold at a 'Great Canadien Superstore' in a suburb of Vancouver BC. The Canadian Distributor, Raincoast Books managed to get an injunction prohibiting the people who recieved the books from talking about them and demanding that they return the books to Raincoast until Friday. To add a carrot to the stick, raincoast is offering various goodies including a signed bookplate."

Comments

Re:Somebody at GameFAQs claims to have it.

[HyperChicken]

Page 31 of that thread: "he admitted to lying."

I'll take the word of someone who is saying someone is a liar over the word of someone who is saying they are telling the truth.

For the record, you're all liars.

I have the book in possesion

[gulfan]

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Re:It's actually more stupid than that...

[Kjella]

You may want to check your own law. A work is not considered published until it has been published in some form. That it has been printed with the intent to publish is not sufficient. You may also want to read Harper & Row Publishers, Inc. v. The Nation Enters for a ruling by the Supreme court where the Nation obtained a printed copy of Ford's memoairs before release, much like this case.

You may note that a) it is considered unpublished, despite having changed hands because it was not officially published and b) the Supreme courts holds that the "right of first publication" counts extremely strongly against fair use. That means that the people who have recieved the book have no right to quote even small bits. The Nation used 300 to 400 words. So I wouldn't be so cocky if I were you.

Kjella