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05-07-2008, 04:27 PM
| | |  Prague court upholds sentence for Potter pirate
The Prague Daily Monitor is reporting that a court yesterday upheld the decision to enforce a 12 month suspended prison sentence on Vlastimil Svoboda, head of Otto Publishing, for selling pirate copies of Goblet of Fire.
The fine imposed upon him has been increased from 200,000 (£6,272) to 300,000 (£9,408) crowns.
10,000 copies of the book were sold in Czech between 2001 - 2004, despite the copyright for the novels belonging to Albatros publishers.
The court said that the publisher could demand more from his 1 million crown [estimated] (£31,350) profit made from the books. Quote:
Jaroslav Jandus, representing Albatros, said Albatros is yet to decide whether to file a complaint against Svoboda.
Jandus said there were a more pirate versions of Harry Potter in the Czech Republic, but that Svoboda's was the only case in which the crime was proved.
| The novels were uncovered after an inspection in 2004, two years after the initial release of the book. More were found later on. They were apparently sold for 100 crowns (£3.13) each - 390 crowns cheaper than legitimate copies (£15.37).  | |
05-07-2008, 04:48 PM
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| | Ashwinder
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05-07-2008, 04:48 PM
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| | Imp
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Hopefully (fingers crossed) a similar verdict will be given in the case against RDR!!
any more legal action and JKR could write another book about it - Harry Potter and the Litigious Lepers! (sorry 'bout that!) | |
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05-07-2008, 05:22 PM
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| | Ramora
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i am so sick of these weasels trying to skim money off her profits. Pirated copies of Goblet of Fire??? For God's sake already....and uninformed people buying them like mad i suppose.....
Last edited by Nabiya : 05-08-2008 at 01:58 PM.
Reason: used a bad word, tsk tsk
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05-07-2008, 05:44 PM
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| | Chizpurfle
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^ I completely agree.
It's outrageous. | |
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05-07-2008, 09:20 PM
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|  "The Todd"Kneazle
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I hate it when people go and get screwy with such a great thing as Harry Potter. -_- | |
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05-07-2008, 09:23 PM
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|  Spectacular! Spectacular!Troll
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*skakes head*They should ahve fined them more | 
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05-07-2008, 11:19 PM
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Pirated copies are just wrong. | |
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05-08-2008, 02:01 AM
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| | Nogtail
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It's good that they were caught and fined, but I think they should be fined more. It's not right when they steal work and money away from rightful people!  | |
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05-08-2008, 06:18 AM
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| | Skrewt
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i cant believe people could do such a thing | |
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05-08-2008, 06:58 AM
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| | Mooncalf
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dirty rats i'd say they are | |
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05-08-2008, 11:45 AM
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Some people are really stupid! | |
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05-08-2008, 12:33 PM
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| | Ramora
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What they're doing is really wrong. Why can't they just figure it out? | |
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05-08-2008, 12:47 PM
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Urgh. Well, atleast they were caught in the end. | |
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05-08-2008, 01:11 PM
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| | Nogtail
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I don't see why people actually do these not-so-smart things, it will all bite them in their rears sooner or later, and is it really worth all of it if you get caught and get an even bigger claim against you!?!?! I mean come on people!!!!! | |
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05-08-2008, 07:51 PM
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| | Kappa
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oh thats interesting | |
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05-10-2008, 01:44 AM
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Urgggh.... Good to know that they were caught. =]
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05-10-2008, 07:42 AM
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| | Gnome
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at least they were caught, that is good | |
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05-10-2008, 03:34 PM
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Well, the fine could of been more I guess. don't understand why they sold it at that price. VERY BAD indeed! | |
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06-21-2008, 03:28 AM
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