Scholastic gets subpoena to identify spoiler
The LA Times is reporting that the US Harry Potter publisher obtained a subpoena to learn the identity of a user who allegedly posted copies of Deathly Hallows on a California website.Scholastic said in a court filing Monday that "materials hosted on Photobucket.com's system" contain materials that infringe copyrights owned by Scholastic and J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter books. Photobucket.com, a News Corp. unit, is a website for sharing photos and videos on social networks such as MySpace.
The subpoena was sent to Gaia Interactive Inc. in San Jose seeking the identity of a user on gaiaonline.com, a social network, according to the filing in San Francisco federal court.
Gaia complied with the subpoena, removed the material and temporarily banned the user from the site, said Gaia spokesman Bill Danon.
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Booboone, I will not hault my life simply because jerkyhole is a fool.
"There are multiple versions of what appear to be official copies of the book on the Internet, and they all look very convincing, but they are conflicting," said Lisa Holton, president of trade publishing and book fairs at Scholastic. "Our goal is to take down all this different material, and by taking it down we'll never know whether any of it was real until you read it yourself on Saturday morning."
who else wants to become a cheesecakeian?
I LOVE CHEESECAKE TOO!
i love cheescake too :) i also love french fries but i love cheesecake more,
This reminds me of the stupid girls who post naked pictures of themselves on the internet and than cry about seeing her pictures all over the internet. If someone uploaded the book, and you read it. You should share it to anyone who wants to know. If you don't want to hear any spoiler, than don't come on any harry potter fan sites and read the discussion topics.
i love french fries and cheescakeeeeeeeeeeeeee HALF-BLOOD FRENCHFREEE AND CHEESCAKIENNN!!!! lalalalalalalalalalalalla lalaallalalalaaaaaaa teeteteteeteeeeeee tooottooooooo we stand together eitehr not half-blood or a half-blood we can be only FRENCHFREE or we can be only CHEESCAKIENSSS tatatatatatattatatatataaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaa peeepepepepepepepep lalaaaa we stand together and unite!!!! our cheescake throwing our french fry throwing and mix them together we GEEEEEEEET desertttttttttttttttttttt tttttt TAHT WAS THE FRENCHFREE'S/CHEESKAKIENS /HALF-BLOOD'S NATIONAL ANTHEM!!!!!!
I want to become a cheesecakeian
BOOBOONE--- we actually come to chat with eachother about cheesecake (something u r banned from) and hp (something u r not a fan of) got it? so leave us alone? wut pleasure do u get in spoiling the book with f***ed up coments? just cuz theres a warnig, doesnt mean u have to rite spoilers imean u could have been a cheesecakian but now... NOT A CHANCE!!!!
booboone - your concern is touching, but actually everyone on here can read, or else they woulnd't be posting on a website, would they? two things you may not have noticed - one, mugglenet and it's creators have labeled this site SPOILER FREE. which means, though they cannot control what unwated people like JerkyHole post, they will not post any spoilers themselves. this means that news stories, posts, forums, and whatnot should BE SPOILER FREE as it is a SPOILER FREE website. so, don't come on here complaining that we should expect people to post spoilers because they want to know. if they want spoilers, go to a spoiler website where it's accpeted and welcomed. secondly, the reason that warning sign says spoiler warning is FOR people like JerkyHole, NOT so people like you and other spoiler-loving people can welcomely come and ruin it. us morons can read just fine, thanks. but since you missed the whole part about mugglenet being anti-spoiler, you obviously need to brush up on your observation skills. sorry to sound harsh, but it really annoys me when people come on here and whine like 9 year olds and pick fights by throwing insults. gimme abreak, this is a harry potter website. if you wanna be an ass go somewhere else.
I WANNA B A cheesecakeian..... go cheese cake ...lol
booboone-----you know,booboone, i think thats a good idea! see ya later! bye!^_^
If you've got anger, THATS GOOD!!! AGRESSION!! EVEN BETTER. BUT WE GOTTA HARNESS *clenches fist* THAT ANGER AND THAT AGRESSION AND USE IT ON THE CHEESECAKEIAN BATTLEFFIELD!!
yayyy CHEESCAKIENS yayyyyy FRENCHFREES yay HALF-BLOODS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!! woooohooooooo
hey rob, u r our president choose a punishment 4 boobooone th spoiler
you said it rob15!
Gee, guys, I realize that this is probably a minority opinion, but isn't the best way to deal with spoilers is to just ignore them?
bOObOONE:we will hunt you down (like desperate housewifes) and we will kick you off the topmost towers and laugh like drunken hyienas as you squeal like mouses while we eat holy sweet cheesecake and watch you uncheesecakey faggots splat like fly swatters into a place with 4 letters that has lots of fire
Why did they close the forum than? Oh right, they close the forum because they donât want people to read the spoilers. That might have given you some clues that you should not read any comments on this site. You can think it is wrong it post spoilers, but donât whine like a little child when you see spoilers on this site and than act all outraged about it. Itâs expected to see people who would want to share what they read with other people, if you donât want people to say certain things, than donât allow people to leave comments.
im A HALF-BLOOD so i can go on the cheescakien battlefield and the frenchfree battlefield WE WILL DEFEAT CHEESCAKE HATERS WE WILL DEFEEAT FRENCH FRIE HATERS anddd WE WILL SOOO DEFEAT THE STUPID FRKN SPOILER PEOPLE and ENEYBODY TAHT BOTHERS OUR FELLOWS CITIZEN HALF-BLOOD FRENCHFREE OR CHEESCAKIEN!!!!!!
LONG POST, BUT NOT SPOILERS :) On Monday I read that the book was on internet. I was sceptical, because itâs always the same: lots of spoilers, fanfiction⦠I downloaded it out of curiosity and thought: âhey, it looks like the real book!â The jacket, the copyright page, the dedicatory, the chapter index and the rest of the book. I started reading and finished it six hours ago. I think itâs the real book, and I hope it is, because, although I not approve of people scanning it before the release (I hate it), I really loved the supposed book. Take a book isnât difficult. They are in bookstores since Saturday (or so), and weâve seen pictures of open boxes. It wonât be difficult to take home a book, take photos of all the pages and upload them in internet. And also thereâs the Scholastic petition for a subpoena, which is very significant. And many pages in other countries who where beginning to translate the book where closed this afternoon. Finally, I wanted to say, based of what I read (which may or not be true, but now I use it as a source of information) that many of the spoilers are wrong. Itâs easy to read the book (or not) and write false spoilers, just to annoy people. Iâm only going to say that some of them are real, but not all, and many who were posted here are rubbish. I hope what I read was the real thing, because I loved it. If itâs not, Iâm sure J.K. Rowling wrote a wonderful book Iâm going to love. On Saturday weâll know the truth. ^__^
An earlier poster asked if it is illegal to look at the images. The question is too simple, and another poster supplied a too simple answer. It is unlawful to make an unauthorized copy of a protected work, so the person who took the pictures was the first infringer (if they are authentic). It is also unlawful to make a copy of the unauthorized copy, and according to the Napster case and its progeny (the series of cases that followed), the mere act of downloading an electronic file that contains infringing material is itself an act of copying. Therefore, in theory, anyone who downloads the file is infringing and may be liable for statutory damages under Title 17 in the USA (I donât practice in any other countries and I am not familiar with the penalties in those other systems). What is particularly onerous is that the cases imply that even the automatic action of your web browser archiving a file when you click on a link may be sufficient for infringement. The important thing to remember about copyright is that act of making a copy is the infringement regardless of whether the infringer intended to infringe, or even intended to make a copy. Will Scholastic go after people who looked at the files? Probably not, but the music file sharing cases leave the door open for them to try if they so desire.
guys please dont fight. its like 2 days till the 7th book apears, and ive been waiting years for this, i for one feel really happy. i feel soo happy, that sugar dosent make me hyper anymore. i mean for heavens sake, dont post too many spoilers to the degree that people start hating you....cough cough...jerkyhole...cough cough , and dont shut your opinion too much. this is a discussion board, not an argument board. you guys have to dicuss your opinions openly. so please please dont mess up these happy times before the final book.
yay rob!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!! thats a good punishment!! ^_^ I AM A HALF BLOOD FRENCHFREE CHEESECAKEIAN!!!!!! AND PROUD TO BE
Sorry, I don't live in the U.S. Your answer does not apply to my situation.
ATTENTION ALL THOSE WISHING TO JOIN CHEESECAKEIANS: you must recite the Cheesecakeian Oath: "I promise to eat cheesecake every day, I will not read spoilers, I will fetch Rob15 or anyone else cheesecake when they as, And i will fight to destroy the mighty Housifa Dirtburglar and his Death Aggies" and then you much watch this video of Housifa, watch it and hate it: http://youtube.com/watch? v=xnF7awwu3RQ
, ive got something HUGE to tell you. Being the curious and SPY cheesecakeian i am, i went to a death aggie forum. and i read their plans for friday/saturday midnight releases. They are printing banners and flyers with the spoilers and also driving over in 4x4s with megaphones anouncing what happens in the book. also, and BEWARE OF THIS, they will be giving out booklets that on the front page will say GUIDES AND RULES FOR HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS MIDNIGHT RELEASE. But there is no guide on the inside. inside they have the spoilers! so my advice is that if you are going to a midnight release, dont receive any booklet/flyer/etc from a stranger, and stay away from the roads because thats where theyll be with their megaphones. and also take your mp3 if you have one, and put on your headphones so you dont listen the spoilers the death aggies will be shouting out. :)
NO CHEESCAKE AND FRENCH FRIES to cheescake/frenchfree hatres and people who hate the cheescakien president rob15 i am the frenchfree president and me and rob15 RULE the half-blood kingdome and to those spoiler people we will put a sock in your dirty LITTLE MOUTHS!!
ROB 15--- "I promise to eat cheesecake every day, I will not read spoilers, I will fetch Rob15 or anyone else cheesecake when they as, And i will fight to destroy the mighty Housifa Dirtburglar and his Death Aggies"but i thought the oath wuz--- I WILL NOT READ SPOILERS, OR MAKE THEM, I WILL GET ROB15 CHEESECAKE WHENEVER HE ASKS, I VOW TO DEFEAT THE DEATH AGGIES AND HOUSIFA DAFARKA
I would have to look up the Berne Convention (the international convention on copyright to which the US, the UK, and most of Europe are signatories), but US law is in compliance with the Berne Convention, and I believe that the strict liability aspects of copyright infringement apply throughout the Berne Convention countries. However, if you are in the UK, to my knowledge you do not have any cases as awful as Napster, and you do not have the draconian Digital Millennium Copyright Act (although I believe the UK does have a digital copyright act of some kind). Now if you are in France, for example, heaven help you, because authors have âmoral rightsâ and ANY copy may infringe on moral rights.
BELLATRIX KILLS RON, NEVILLE KILLS BELLA, VOLDY KILLS SNAPE, PERCY AND LUPIN DIE, HARRY KILLS VOLDEMORT! I love you, too, friends!
Mariatc: good work now we know what they do and we shall squash their plan into oblivion!!! we will suit up and prepare and attack for that day shall be known as C-DAY!!! WE WILL MAKE THEM REGRET THE DAY THEY EVER TRIED TO SPOIL DH!!! AND WE SHALL LAUGH AS THEY BURN!!!
boobone, i understand. they shut the forums because people were posting spoilers when they shoulnd't. so...theres a hint that mugglenet is against spoilers. spoilers are cool if you want them, whatever, but on spoiler websites. i'm just trying to defend mugglenet cuz it's a great site but it's SPOILER FREE. so...that means, spoilers are unwanted on this site. on others that i've been on, they're more than welcomed. i like spoilers, i just don't like being a jerk and posting them where they're unwanted. you know? everyone...just try and respect the site adn it's rules. people are getting pretty pissy with people posting stuff on here. why can't weeee beee friendsss....why can't weee be friendddds...
rob15: The Cheesecakeian Oath: "I promise to eat cheesecake every day, I will not read spoilers, I will fetch Rob15 or anyone else cheesecake when they as, And i will fight to destroy the mighty Housifa Dirtburglar and his Death Aggies" and then you much watch this video of Housifa, watch it and hate it: http://youtube.com/watch? v=xnF7awwu3RQ
PEOPLE PEOPLE JOIN CHEESCAKIEN KINGDOME :) JOIN FRENCHFREE KINGDOME AND JOIN THE HALF-BLOOD KINGDOME now let us ALL sing the cheeskakien/frenchfree/ha lf-blood NATIONAL ANTHEM in our heads !!!!! * says the national anthem in head * ROB15 WE HAVE TO PUNISH SOME CHEESCAKE HATRES AND FRENCHFRIE HATERS AND ESSPECIALY THE SPOILER PEOPLE if we see some!!!!!
jerkyhole i know i just sayed not to fight, but i must say that you are the biggest lifeless asshole i have ever met. u r inconsiderate and did i mention that you are an asshole
rob 15--- great plan and all, but u forgot the part about eating cheesecake while watching them burn!!!!!!!!
righto, sirius_lee, and you have to actually watch the video: http://youtube.com/watch? v=xnF7awwu3RQ
Posted by rob15 1 minute ago: yeah we will squash their plan!!! i will be in charge of doing that in her in Peru okay? Im going to a midnight release in the biggest bookstore in the country. I will try to group the real HP fans together and we will have a radio or soemthing with load music and if anyone that looks strange or with a megaphone oir with flyers i will tell everyone what they intend to do so we'll start throwing stuff to them :) sorry guys gtg be right back in like 20 minutes bye!
ROB15----- we have to punish those retards those cheescake/french fries hatersss!!!!! we will eat cheescake and eat french fries while they burn!!!!
Jerkyhole, you are an insult to all of Potterdom!
ALL CHEESECAKEIANS MUST WATCH THIS VIDEO OF HOUSIFA DIRTBURGLAR, I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE IS DOING, BUT ITS BAD AND AGAINST CHEESECAKE LAW: http://youtube.com/watch? v=xnF7awwu3RQ
rob i would like to join the cheescakins, cause they hate spoilers. i actually wanted to read spoilers, and after i read that certain people will die, i got depresed. so i vow never to read another spoiler, because i also read the last chapter, which like spoiled the whole book, which made me even more depressed. well anyways i strongly advice the people that havent read spoilers, or have only read minor spoilers, not to read any more.
rob i would like to join the cheescakins, cause they hate spoilers. i actually wanted to read spoilers, and after i read that certain people will die, i got depresed. so i vow never to read another spoiler, because i also read the last chapter, which like spoiled the whole book, which made me even more depressed. well anyways i strongly advice the people that havent read spoilers, or have only read minor spoilers, not to read any more.
rob15 YOUR THE HALF-BLOOD PRESIDENT WITH MEEEEEEE AND ROB15 WHO WILL WE PUNISH FIRST!!!??? JERKY(ASS)HOLE ??? yesss TAHT WILL BE perfectt!!!!!
Huh. If all these spoilers are true, I'm satisfied with the ending. Happily ever after. xP
DARKFROG: if you look back a few comments you will see the instructions to become a cheeesecakeian.
shurlito--- jerkyyhole is already banned from cheesecake, now rob, wut punishment is next?
rob15 rob15 ROB15 ROB15 answerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr rrrrrrrrrrrrrrr MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEE WHO ARE WE GONNA PUNISH FIRST!!!!???? JERKEY(ASS)HOLE!!!!!!!??? ??? cmonnnnn answer
rob15: The Cheesecakeian Oath: "I promise to eat cheesecake every day, I will not read spoilers, I will fetch Rob15 or anyone else cheesecake when they as, And i will fight to destroy the mighty Housifa Dirtburglar and his Death Aggies" and then you much watch this video of Housifa, watch it and hate it: http://youtube.com/watch? v=xnF7awwu3RQ
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