he court ordered an injunction; (i) restraining John/Jane Does and anyone who has directly or indirectly received a copy or any other form of disclosure of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by JK Rowling (“Harry Potter #6”) from John/Jane Does and anyone who is given notice of the order from copying or disclosing all or any part of Harry Potter #6 or any information derived therefrom including without limitation the story, plot or characters of Harry Potter #6 to any person prior to 12:01 a.m. local time on July 16, 2005 without the consent of the Plaintiffs’ solicitors save for information which has been made the subject of any press release issued or other communication made by or on behalf of and with the authority of the Plaintiffs;
Oh, right. Like the Supreme Court of Canada is really going to send some 12-year-old to jail for revealing plot details of a children's book four days before its release. Who do these people think they are? Apple?
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Note (ii), which forbids people from reading the copies they now have.
Posted by: wolfangel | July 12, 2005 at 02:31 PM
Sounds like an NDA.I wonder who will be the first one to leak an illegal copy of it: bittorent or newsgroups?
Posted by: didier | July 12, 2005 at 02:52 PM
Harry doesn't die in this one. Sorry.
Posted by: Mitch | July 13, 2005 at 09:34 AM
http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=4501
This forum points rumors of scanned copies of the latest.
Posted by: didier | July 17, 2005 at 01:47 PM