Scholastic gets subpoena to identify spoiler
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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Posted by Tonks1975 Jul 17th 2007

The longest 3 days ever!!!!!! I can't stand the wait any longer. AAHHHHHHH


Posted by MissMalfoy Jul 17th 2007

SNAPEKILLSKIRA: obviously the poster of the spoilers was 1. VERY NAIVE to think he would not be caught. 2. seriously STUPID. lol


Posted by DanielRadcliffeIsSEXY Jul 17th 2007

Hooray for justice! Now all I'm waiting for is Saturday, 12:01 am. The end of an era. Page 784, the magic ends. *To the tune of Hey Jude by the Beatles* Hey dudes, we've got 4 days, until the end of a great era. Remember that Jo said we can still post to our will because there'll be lots to talk 'bout. Hey dudes, Harry won't die, he's the hero, and you can't kill him. Remember that thought the book will end, he'll be our friend, till Jo writes again. And when it's over you'll be sad, but dudes, it won't be bad, remember that Jo said maybe there'll be 8. Na na na na na na na na......hey dudes, it's almost time, get in costume, and get in liiiine, remember that though Dumbledore's dead, Harry's blood will never shed, thanks to Protego, tego, tego, tego, OOOWWW! Na na na na na na na, na na na na, hey dudes! Na na na na na na na, na na na na, hey dudes!


Posted by BELLATRIXKILLSRON Jul 17th 2007

HEDGWIG DIES ON PAGE 56 AS HAGRID AND HARRY ARE FLEEING ON A MOTORCYCLE SNAPE DIES VOLDEMORT DIES DOBBY DIES PERCY DIES THE EPILOGUE TAKES PLACE 19 YEARS IN THE FUTURE HARRY MARRIES GINNY AND THEY HAVE 3 KIDS: JAMES,LILY, AND ALBUS SEVERUS POTTER WORMTAIL, SCRIMGEOUR, AND OTHER MINOR CHARACTERS DIE AS WELL


Posted by soexcited7 Jul 17th 2007

i hate spoilers so i didnt read this page at all... but i wanted to report to any admins that words like "fags" like spoonsy used on the first page are VERY inappropriate and it shocks me that you guys wouldnt have deleted that!


Posted by imuggle Jul 17th 2007

It's terrible when someone has to go and spoil it for everyone. I'm really glad that the publishers found out.


Posted by dumbledork62442 Jul 17th 2007

Keep telling yourself that hallowsaint 1: I'm not sure how much you know about the legal system but I can tell you one thing, the law makes it very, very, very, hard for someone to find out who you are over the internet. If someone posted a fake scan of DH then they aren't breaking any laws because it's fake and neither Scholastic or JKR owns the rights to it. For them to have got that subpoena they had to prove that they owned the rights to it.


Posted by BurntFlower Jul 17th 2007

SnapeKillsKira is right. It's real.


Posted by moonshine Jul 17th 2007

NO! SAY ITS NOT TRUE! ;_;


Posted by Jimmer Jul 17th 2007

Why does the spoiler pictures on this site(dont go there if you don't want to be spoiled instantly) http://www.zendurl.com/h/ hallows that are suppose to be the real deal have the book ending on a page it's not suppose to?


Posted by Pranka Jul 17th 2007

But, if we can;t tell the diff'rence tween real spoilers and bull, then are they really spolers?


Posted by SnapeDiesPg658 Jul 17th 2007

Burbage dies on pg. 12 Hedwig dies on pg. 56 Mad-Eye dies on pg. 78 Scrimgeour dies on pg. 159 Wormtail dies on pg. 471 Dobby dies on pg. 476 Snape dies on pg. 658 Fred Weasley dies on pg. 637 Harry gets fucked up by Voldemort on pg. 704 but comes back to life on pg. 724 Tonks, Lupin, and Colin Creevy have their deaths confirmed on pg. 743 19 years after the events in the book: Ron has married Hermione, their two children are named Rose and Hugo Harry has married Ginny, their three children are named Lily, James, and Albus severus. Draco Malfoy has a son named Scorpius The epilogue shows all of the children boarding the train for Hogwarts together. The final lines of the book are: "The scar had not pained Harry for 18 years. All was well." Plot Spoilers Part of Voldemort's soul was implanted into Harry whenever he used Ara Kadvara on him when he was a baby. Harry then sacrafices himself a la Lilly Potter style, which allows him to kill Voldemort without killing himself. He brings himself back to life using a wand and a rock Snape went to the good side (Hogwarts, etc.) because he was all emo that Voldemort killed Lilly Potter


Posted by Dutchie Jul 17th 2007

not ALL of the spoilers are real


Posted by sirius_lee Jul 17th 2007

BELLATRIXKILLSRON - i hate you. get a lif eddn stop posting spoilerse here or else!!!!!!!!!! I hate people like you. I don't care if its a lie or if it's true , just log off and leave us alone


Posted by hallowsaint Jul 17th 2007

Does nobody understand that for all the websites that post stuff about books and mainly stuff about Harry Potter all signed an agreement to keep spoilers off of their website and that's why there was a subpoena. It was because of an infringement of an agreement/rights and so when they posted that this was the real thing when it probably wasn't they were committing either infringement or infringement and fraud.


Posted by DanielRadcliffeIsSEXY Jul 17th 2007

Who likes my parody? *To the tune of Hey Jude by the Beatles* Hey dudes, we've got 4 days, until the end of a great era. Remember that Jo said we can still post to our will because there'll be lots to talk 'bout. Hey dudes, Harry won't die, he's the hero, and you can't kill him. Remember that thought the book will end, he'll be our friend, till Jo writes again. And when it's over you'll be sad, but dudes, it won't be bad, remember that Jo said maybe there'll be 8. Na na na na na na na na......hey dudes, it's almost time, get in costume, and get in liiiine, remember that though Dumbledore's dead, Harry's blood will never shed, thanks to Protego, tego, tego, tego, OOOWWW! Na na na na na na na, na na na na, hey dudes! Na na na na na na na, na na na na, hey dudes!


Posted by Kamion Jul 17th 2007

Isn't a bit of an almost religious affair? Let's face it 9 out of ten novels I bought were after reading a revieuw in the paper or on the net. It got me a general indication of what to expect. It's all part of the big hype we the fans have created around this and in which Rowlings plays her part with great skill. And why; wether or not we know what to expect we are gonna buy the book anyway, 2 milion preorders at Amazon.... don't think those get cancels because there has been spoiling, Just because this overhype beliefe that no info may be leaked before July 21th it creates partycrashers who want to spoil. The more sensitive we all behave towards spoilers the more fun those idiots have. Whose are the idiots anyway. The ones who que up with earmuffs in midsummer at midnight or the ones who yell: "Snape kills Dumbledore." This kind of idiocy from both sides made me avoid Harry Potter till a few months before HBP was released. OK once I read one book I was sold . I am a fan too, I make HP-"ART", I write fanfic ( badly) I go to conferences, I browse about 7 HP sites daily. BUT I DON'T MAKE IT A REGILION. btw the biggest spoilers are we ourself to ourself: at saterday night we all gonna rush tthrough the book, with or without peeking at the last page. And as soon as we know what's gonna happen and how it ends..........only THEN WE START READING.


Posted by moonshine Jul 17th 2007

NO! IT CANT BE SPOILED! NOT AGAIN!......its ruined...


Posted by Belsito Jul 17th 2007

If I write a story and try to pass it off as somebody else's work, then it is FRAUD and I will be taken to court. Using any of the names in HP is FRAUD - so it doesn't mean that any of it is true. On another site I read that the 'scans' now in circulation are of a fanfic book that was on the internet MONTHS ago, but they have since added scans of the cover to give it a more reaslistic touch. So take everything with a large dose of scepticism.


Posted by Tonks1975 Jul 17th 2007

ok I'm outta here. It's starting to get ugly and people are starting to post the evil "SPOILERS" again. Bye


Posted by TheKey Jul 17th 2007

There are people saying the scans are real and other people say they're fake - we'll find out the truth on saturday, I still have a little hope left that it's a fake. But people who want to spoil the fun for the fans really suck, imagine someone doing that about a book or a movie you like.


Posted by iMatt711 Jul 17th 2007

he didnt spoil the book he gave people a chance to read it early imo it pisses me off when stores have something they just cant sell it


Posted by sueil Jul 17th 2007

I got camera picture version of the book yesterday when it came out it's definetly real. It's her writing style and all the illustrations look exactly like Mary GrandPré's illustations. The font is right and it's an actual book that was photographed, not a photoshop. That they are taking legal action just confirms it's real. If you look at the pictures you can tell right away, that they are real. Anyway to people saying it's not her writing style you probably only saw the epilogue, which I admit is pretty sucky and feels totally wrong. The rest of the book is up to par though and is simply awesome.


Posted by BurntFlower Jul 17th 2007

@Belsito. I have read that fake story that was actually a fanfic which of course was fake, but these scans are actually very real. They are photographs of the book complete with MaryGrandpre illustrations of every single page and chapter, and when you read it, you'll know JKR has written it.


Posted by Pranka Jul 17th 2007

YOu know its illegal to read it beforehand right? Spoilers go the heck.


Posted by sirius_lee Jul 17th 2007

SnapeDiesPg658- I'M GOING TO REPORT YOU! I HATE YOU K , WHY WOULD YOU DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS???????????? PEOPLE I'M OUT OF HERE BECAUSE OF THIS LOSER ADN BELLATRIXKILLSRON


Posted by DanielRadcliffeIsSEXY Jul 17th 2007

I HATE SPOILERS. I didn't know that Snape killed Dumbledore til I read the actual book, so I must of been given some sort of spoiler shield from Goddess (Jo) up above. Anyway, I was tempted to read the "opening paragraph" thing from a couple days ago, but that was it. No more spoilers for me. Anyway, to lighten the mood, here's a new parody I've written. Enjoy! *To the tune of Hey Jude by the Beatles* Hey dudes, we've got 4 days, until the end of a great era. Remember that Jo said we can still post to our will because there'll be lots to talk 'bout. Hey dudes, Harry won't die, he's the hero, and you can't kill him. Remember that thought the book will end, he'll be our friend, till Jo writes again. And when it's over you'll be sad, but dudes, it won't be bad, remember that Jo said maybe there'll be 8. Na na na na na na na na......hey dudes, it's almost time, get in costume, and get in liiiine, remember that though Dumbledore's dead, Harry's blood will never shed, thanks to Protego, tego, tego, tego, OOOWWW! Na na na na na na na, na na na na, hey dudes! Na na na na na na na, na na na na, hey dudes!


Posted by TheKey Jul 17th 2007

How was it even possible that the book leaked? They spent so much money on security and it's pretty sad that it wasn't really worth it. :(


Posted by Rayvontae Jul 17th 2007

sirius_lee, you do notice that what those two have posted contradicts each other, right? I'm to the point whet I don't believe any of this! LOL!


Posted by teachdaisy Jul 17th 2007

FYI- Copy right laws are like Macy's selling a purse that looks exactly like and called Coach purse but it really isn't filiated (SP?) with that company. You can't make up your own product and call it something that is alreay out there. Which is why you are me can't write a book called HPDH because that name is taken.....so those of you who read it there is still hope they are false..


Posted by hpgirl21053 Jul 17th 2007

guyz, don't freak out, the main leak is true, but some "spoilers" on here are telling false stuff...


Posted by hallowsaint Jul 17th 2007

dumbledork62442 I am currently enrolled at Princeton Law...Yes I think I actually do know a little bit about the Law of the Land. I also know that it's not very hard to find out who someone is on the internet especially if Bloomsbury saw this particular spoiler on a well known website and so all Bloomsbury has to do is to ask this website for the user that goes under that login name and they can get it. First obviously they don't have to be real scans to have a subpoena ordered on this person. All there has to be is an infringement of rights or the proof of fraud.


Posted by dobbysbasilisk Jul 17th 2007

oh my god what the hell are you on bellatrixkillsron and snapediespg658, like do we even give a darn? as if you have read the book already, and even if you have for some reason, we dont GIVE A SHITE. mugglenet and all these are gong on about spoilers and people ruining the book for others, and theres still people saying stuff on here. what is the point? think is funny or something do you? we dont give a darn, so f off. it aint even funny it just pisses people off and you wont be the ones laughin when they got the polive on to you ana so wise up cos even if it is real we dont want to know. fair enough if you know, but do we really care?


Posted by godricsquid Jul 17th 2007

hey sirius its its me


Posted by moonshine Jul 17th 2007

belsito---does that mean theres hope? it might be a fake? oh man i hope its a fake i hope its a fake i hope its a fake....


Posted by DanielRadcliffeIsSEXY Jul 17th 2007

I HATE SPOILERS. I didn't know that Snape killed Dumbledore til I read the actual book, so I must of been given some sort of spoiler shield from Goddess (Jo) up above. Anyway, I was tempted to read the "opening paragraph" thing from a couple days ago, but that was it. No more spoilers for me. Anyway, to lighten the mood, here's a new parody I've written. Enjoy! *To the tune of Hey Jude by the Beatles* Hey dudes, we've got 4 days, until the end of a great era. Remember that Jo said we can still post to our will because there'll be lots to talk 'bout. Hey dudes, Harry won't die, he's the hero, and you can't kill him. Remember that thought the book will end, he'll be our friend, till Jo writes again. And when it's over you'll be sad, but dudes, it won't be bad, remember that Jo said maybe there'll be 8. Na na na na na na na na......hey dudes, it's almost time, get in costume, and get in liiiine, remember that though Dumbledore's dead, Harry's blood will never shed, thanks to Protego, tego, tego, tego, OOOWWW! Na na na na na na na, na na na na, hey dudes! Na na na na na na na, na na na na, hey dudes!


Posted by godricsquid Jul 17th 2007

im gone spoilers are losers bye peoples


Posted by hallowsaint Jul 17th 2007

DanielRadcliffeIsSEXY: Do you want some cheesecake? I simply love cheesecake and everyone should because it's the love of cheesecake that destroys evil......duh


Posted by moonshine Jul 17th 2007

im avoiding reading every long paragraph knowing that it might be a spoiler. but i dont think its working....


Posted by MissMalfoy Jul 17th 2007

my friend told me the ending of HBP and i was so ANNOYED, but shes my friend so i had to forgive her lol. ANYWAY, trust me people the "spoilers" are too amateur to be real. Honestly, i could have written better. the reason that the spoilers have been taken down is because fraud has been committed, not because they are real. if they were real, the guy would have been arrested and asked exactly where he got the book from. you see?


Posted by Nikkiray Jul 17th 2007

I totally agree with Tonks1975. There are so many darn spoilers out there that the people who put them up are combating with the others who are trying to ruin the book for all of us. I have faith that these are fake spoilers. I read through most of the spoilers and some are soo far fetched and don't even sound even remotley like JKR's writing. Come Saturday, we will see.


Posted by GinevraMollyPotterWeasley Jul 17th 2007

spew07... if you found the ones on the japanese website they are fake. The ones on uTorrent are also fake. As are the ones I have found on Limewire. I reported the fakes to scholastic and bloomsbury even though they were obviously not real, just because they used to authors name, which attributed to their pitiful writing should be punishable by law! The real spoilers were in text form, not scanned photos, so if you saw the digital photos of each set of pages, trust that those were FAKE and don't worry, that story is really far from what will come to pass as the real book seven! I have way more failth in Jo to write us a better book then that garbage!


Posted by DanielRadcliffeIsSEXY Jul 17th 2007

Hallowsaint: Um, is it from Juniors? Juniors is from NYC, and it's reeeally good. The strawberry shortcake cheescake from Juniors? Anyway, I HATE SPOILERS. I didn't know that Snape killed Dumbledore til I read the actual book, so I must of been given some sort of spoiler shield from Goddess (Jo) up above. Anyway, I was tempted to read the "opening paragraph" thing from a couple days ago, but that was it. No more spoilers for me. Anyway, to lighten the mood, here's a new parody I've written. Enjoy! *To the tune of Hey Jude by the Beatles* Hey dudes, we've got 4 days, until the end of a great era. Remember that Jo said we can still post to our will because there'll be lots to talk 'bout. Hey dudes, Harry won't die, he's the hero, and you can't kill him. Remember that thought the book will end, he'll be our friend, till Jo writes again. And when it's over you'll be sad, but dudes, it won't be bad, remember that Jo said maybe there'll be 8. Na na na na na na na na......hey dudes, it's almost time, get in costume, and get in liiiine, remember that though Dumbledore's dead, Harry's blood will never shed, thanks to Protego, tego, tego, tego, OOOWWW! Na na na na na na na, na na na na, hey dudes! Na na na na na na na, na na na na, hey dudes!


Posted by phoenixtears81 Jul 17th 2007

Listen up people... EVEN IF YOU SIMPLY POST A COMMENT AFTER HAVING READ THE SPOILER ONLINE YOU MAY BE SPOILING IT FOR OTHER PEOPLE. There are a lot of people posting comments about what they thought of the ending. You may be spoiling it for others even by posting something as vague as that. DON'T DO IT! To others reading the comments, I would suggest stopping now. If someone hasn't already spoiled it for you, there will be someone in later comments that will. DON'T READ THEM!


Posted by debbikins1991 Jul 17th 2007

OMG. I really think that I saw the chapter titles on Gaia. It really didn't seem real, though.


Posted by Tony_the_Terrible Jul 17th 2007

PLEASE, MUGGLENET, DISABLE ALL COMMENTS! THIS CRAP NEEDS TO STOP HERE!


Posted by hallowsaint Jul 17th 2007

MissMalfoy: Finally someone who can think. Fraud had to have been committed because if it had been the real thing then obviously this guy would have had to open up a box with the 7th book in it and that's another infringement on the author's/publishers' rights and this guy would have like a $200,000 fine, not just being banned from a website.


Posted by Belsito Jul 17th 2007

Well, I'm treating it as fake - I wouldn't put it past people to come up with a really great scam to create mayhem. Think of all those guys spending ours of their precious time writing programmes of viruses - some people get a great kick out of it. Truth be told, I haven't seen the scans and I'm not going to bother because I'll only be spoiling things for myself.


Posted by BurntFlower Jul 17th 2007

Look, for those who want to read SOME of the scans, and proof that the spoilers are real, go here and take out the spaces (MAJOR spoilers obviously): http:// x018.uploaderx.net/x/hp1. jpg http:// x018.uploaderx.net/x/hp2. jpg http:// x018.uploaderx.net/x/hp3. jpg http:// x018.uploaderx.net/x/hp4. jpg http:// x018.uploaderx.net/x/hp5. jpg http:// x018.uploaderx.net/x/hp6. jpg http:// x018.uploaderx.net/x/hp7. jpg http:// x018.uploaderx.net/x/hp8. jpg http:// x018.uploaderx.net/x/hp9. jpg


Posted by moonshine Jul 17th 2007

im with hollowsaint on this one. eat some cheesecake! i also refuse to believe any spoilers posted here.




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