So who's got the Harry Potter book

[Gurm]

My sister works at Wal-Mart and she saw it for ~$18 and ~$36. There must be some sort of Special Edition.

Nah, from what I can see the normal price is $35, but a lot of places are running it at literally half-off to move even more ridiculous numbers than they otherwise might!

[az]

And on a related issue: apparently the person who took pictures of the book forgot (or just didn't know) to strip the EXIF out of the JPEGs before posting them on the internet, and it turns out the serial number of the Canon 350D used is on each photo.

He's an idiot, but if he purchased it with cash and never had it serviced, he won't be found through this. Even if he purchased via credit card: Are serial numbers registered on purchase? Not here at least. When they do find him, they can of course verify what serial number his camera has.

[KRSESQ]

Yeah, if he did send in the warranty card he's probably screwed, if the publisher wants to go to that much trouble or expense. It's likely the miniscule amount of damage he did had zero effect on book sales, ASSUMING his was a genuine edition.

Not having $17 at the moment, I read the synopsis on wiki on saturday morning. Then, browsing at Wallyworld, I read the epilogue. Did I ruin it for myself? Yeah, I guess, a little. I guess that's just the way I am. Cut to the chase. Give me the short version. No patience. No Jedi, this one. I'm still going to enjoy reading the book anyway just because Rowling can tell a ripping yarn. Whether she can tell ripping yarns without Harry Potter remains to be seen.

Kevin

[az]

Prosecuting copyright violators is never about the actual damage, it's a display of power.

[Brian Ellis]

Yeah, if he did send in the warranty card he's probably screwed, if the publisher wants to go to that much trouble or expense.

And if they do, the cam maker can be sued, in turn, for breaching customer confidentiality. Just put yourself in their place: some lawyer asks them who registered cam # 12345678. Would you tell them? Talk about a can of worms. Every time anyone photographed copyright material, they would go to the cam maker to find out who and possibly be sued for aiding and abetting. No way! Anyway, the registree has only to say he sold or lost the cam.

In any case, at least with my digicam, the EXIF includes the model details, but not the serial number. There is no way of identification.

[Dr Mordrid]

Confidentiality is trumped by a Federal bench warrant.

[Brian Ellis]

Confidentiality is trumped by a Federal bench warrant.

For a civil case?

[az]

You would be appalled at the power corporations are given in copyright violation cases.