[IP] Latest Potter book scanned, swapped

[Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: "the terminal of Geoff Goodfellow" <geoff@iconia.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2003 07:57:47 +0200
To: "Dave E-mail Pamphleteer Farber" <farber@cis.upenn.edu>
Subject: Latest Potter book scanned, swapped

Latest Potter book scanned, swapped

By Paul Festa
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
June 25, 2003, 2:01 PM PT

People who want to read the latest Harry Potter book but don?t want to wait
in line or pay for it can download a free copy.

As a result of the increasing ease and speed with which a book can be
scanned and repackaged into an e-book format with common technology, the
latest installment of the Harry Potter series--along with its four
predecessors, movies based on the books and audio versions of the texts--can
be obtained as easily as an audio file on file-swapping services such as
Kazaa.

That, some predict, could be a harbinger of a nascent Napsterization of the
book publishing industry.

"I think that just like MP3s, popular books will become popular downloads as
more devices allow people to read with the ease of carrying the real thing,"
said Wayne Chang, a student at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst
and systems administrator for PickATime.com, an online appointment book.
"These e-books are made by users, not pros."

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http://news.com.com/2100-1025-1020984.html

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