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07-28-2005, 12:47 PM
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The Malay Mail reports that 13 copies of ' Half-Blood Prince', believed to be pirated, were seized from a shop in the Tesco hypermarket in Puchong yesterday.
Selangor DTCA director Abdul Rosik Yakub said the books were displayed openly on the shelves. Quote:
Abdul Rosik said they would contact Pansing, the company in charge of distributing Harry Potter books in Malaysia and Singapore, to check on the authencity of the book.
“If the company’s representatives confirm that the books are bootleg versions, we will charge the store owner under the Copyright Act 1987,” he said.
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Acting on a tip-off, The Malay Mail visited the store and purchased a copy of the paperback, which bore certain similarities to the original, in terms of appearance.
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07-28-2005, 12:57 PM
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| | Jobberknoll
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Why the hell would anybody "pirate" a book?
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07-28-2005, 01:02 PM
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| | Granian
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My thoughts exactly ^ it seems a bit...... strange and pointless.
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07-28-2005, 01:12 PM
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|  sporksSUBPuffskein
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^ I agree!!
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07-28-2005, 01:27 PM
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| | Cockatrice
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When's the release date for them?
Okay, another question, I understand how people get pirated CDs and DVDs, all you need to do is record it, but how do you pirate a book? Scan it and print it off your computer? go to Kinkos and use the copiers? Sounds if they're doing that, and getting their money off it, that the books would be real expensive..............it's nuts.
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07-28-2005, 02:17 PM
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| | Ramora
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Pirated books are SO SO SO common here in India. I read in the papers that just three days after the hard-cover of HBP was released, the pirated version was being sold on the roads at a much lower cost. The hard-cover original was 895 bucks or something and the pirated can be haggled down to 300 bucks.
Most people buy pirated books becuase they often can't afford the originals. For example, HBP in Indian currency was like 895 bucks and not everyone can afford that much for just a book. So they buy the pirated copy.
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07-28-2005, 02:40 PM
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Yeah in my place too...Pirated books are really very common in Pakistan...But ive got the real ones....except for Chamber of Secrets one..So its not unusal in our place ...I do agree life in Asian countries is awesome...for the outsiders...whilst i still havent got a chance to visit America...
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07-28-2005, 02:42 PM
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did they change parts of the book in the pirated version?
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07-28-2005, 02:49 PM
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| | Ramora
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^I doubt they do that. It's the same. Only for slight errors here and there...
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07-28-2005, 03:14 PM
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that's stupid and pointless in my opinion.
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07-28-2005, 03:26 PM
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| | Blast-Ended Skrewt
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Originally Posted by Dumbledore Why the hell would anybody "pirate" a book? Ok, yeah, first thing I thought! 
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07-28-2005, 03:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Dumbledore Why the hell would anybody "pirate" a book? So Right Thats what I thought when i saw the article
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07-28-2005, 03:47 PM
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| | Ramora
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Why Would anyone want to "Pirate" a book?
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07-28-2005, 04:13 PM
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| | Gnome
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i wonder how much did they charge it to customers..the books i mean..if its less than $80, im sure ppl got suspicious...
like everyone else's opinion, pirating books are just stupid.
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07-28-2005, 04:47 PM
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yeah its common in our country india.......ppl usually buy those book ..........but nuthin beats the charm of original first edition
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07-28-2005, 05:23 PM
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hm..i think they are trying to take the success of Harry Potter and make their own profit from it
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07-28-2005, 05:26 PM
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Wow, just goes to show you will be caught for stuff like that. I personally have never heard of a bootlegged book, only bootlegged movies. Lol. It just goes to show that people will do anything to get money.
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07-28-2005, 05:53 PM
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| | Romanian Longhorn
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Why pirate a book?
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07-28-2005, 05:56 PM
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| | Gnome
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grr......*smacks the idiots who have nothing better to do than to cause trouble*
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07-28-2005, 06:57 PM
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hmm..interesting
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07-28-2005, 07:18 PM
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| | Blast-Ended Skrewt
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Originally Posted by Dumbledore Why the hell would anybody "pirate" a book? Well err it will be cheeper!
But did i read it was from a TESCO? lol i used to work for tesco that makes me giggle.
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07-28-2005, 07:32 PM
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| | Billywig
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ummmm.....yea....interesting!
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07-28-2005, 08:04 PM
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| | Flobberworm
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What a stupid thing to do, i heard about them and people who had them had to send them back in less than 4 days or sumthing like that
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07-28-2005, 10:00 PM
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| | Chizpurfle
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How dare them!!! *smaks the idiots*
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07-29-2005, 01:48 AM
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| | Guest |
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Originally Posted by Dumbledore Why the hell would anybody "pirate" a book? totally. why would you "pirate" a book? why on earth would you do something like that. and, quik question: why not buy it for god sakes?  | |
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