Thread: Harry Potter ebooks! Really!
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Old 03-30-2012, 03:55 PM   #277
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Originally Posted by JoeD View Post
Why bother when they can just buy using a stolen CC and upload with watermarks intact.

Also Rowling shouldn't be concerned, the HP books were already available, this way she's getting money off of all those of us who wanted the option to get the books legally.
Nefarious as those nasty pirates are, stealing CCs in order to upload Harry Potter books is a bit absurd, no? Did you consider the use of prepaid charge cards? or PayPal? Or someone involved in the commerce of the ebooks? Give these chaps some credit (pardon le pun, even if we do disapprove of their practice.

Actually, I read in the Financial Times that Rowling was originally reluctant to release the books in digital format, fearing...correctly...they would be pirated. Which is why all purchases have to go through her Pottermore site, ensuring control via watermarking...and higher profits. The rich just keep getting richer...as they say.
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