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I can see how they are fighting to help the marketing blitz to succeed, but it's hard to argue that discussing the book ruins the experience of Harry Potter readers and fans. After all, when the book is released aren't people going to talk about it?!!
I think the bookstore should be held responsible, and they should ask all those things of the customers as a favor. I can't believe the courts are involved with the customer. If it's that important treat those poor guys with a trip to visit the author or something if they cooperate. (Of course you can't be too nice or you have people doing it again next release!)
Anyway, I agree Alex. It seems rediculous. Maybe the bookseller was considered only an agent for the publisher and they didn't own the book, so it was not in fact legitimately sold?
I wonder what would happen if, say, a coin shop sold the wrong coin, a very valuable one, by mistake. One would hope that the buyer would return to make it right out of kindness. But does he have a legal repsonsibility to do that. I doubt it.
But of course there's a really good reason I'm not a lawyer... I know nothing about the law!!!
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