Comments on: Harry Potter Author JK Rowling Attacks Scribd For Pirated Content (Updated)

By: Wolly

Wolly — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:25:58 +0000

hehe a lot of controversy on this topic

By: Edocr Aims To Be A DocStoc For Corporates - Is That Enough?

Edocr Aims To Be A DocStoc For Corporates - Is That Enough? — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 11:28:39 +0000

[...] Twitter, edocr is a simple way for companies to share their PDFs without being lumped alongside a pirated copy of a Harry Potter [...]

By: Edocr re-launches with fremium model, new features and API. Will it work?

Edocr re-launches with fremium model, new features and API. Will it work? — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 11:02:48 +0000

[...] Twitter, edocr is a simple way for companies to share their PDFs without being lumped alongside a pirated copy of a Harry Potter novel. New features include an improved design, bulk uploading of documents, an [...]

By: Danny Smythe

Danny Smythe — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:22:26 +0000

Why, oh why, oh why, does J.K.RowlinginMoney complain about Scibd? Has she no shame? just how many trees does it take to print 10 million books? i will tell you, its about 500,000 acres of forest. Not to mention the human cost and animal life that is destroyed due to de-forestation, but thats ok because Ms Rowling can donate half a mil and be able to sleep at night. What Miss Rowling should do is release her books via internet and paypal. Atleast then she would have something to complain about if a pirated version appeared. Lets cut down more trees and destroy the planet for the sake of some childhood fantasies eh? When we are all starving and living in the desert, im sure history will remember Ms Rowling and it wont be for her books.

By: ChaplainB

ChaplainB — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 08:01:47 +0000

She can do it but no one else can?

Supposedly a lot of the ideas and material in her books has been plagiarised from books on Black Magic and Grimoires, its too bad the authors of these aren’t still alive or Rowling might not have any money herself…

By: Serendipity35

Serendipity35 — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 16:56:57 +0000

Will ByLines be Bygones?…

Back in the summer of 2007, Ken posted about homework software for students. In that post he mentioned a site/service called Scribd. Created in the image of Web 2.0 publishing, Scribd is essentially an archive into which authors may upload …

By: jimbox

jimbox — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 05:57:06 +0000

So many of these books have been printed that is anybody still buying them? Rowlings, you are so rich, why do you care? Besides, it is totally painful to read an entire Harry Potter volume from a computer screen.

By: ¡Expeliarmus! Le Dice J. K. Rowling a Scribd | POWERPYMES

¡Expeliarmus! Le Dice J. K. Rowling a Scribd | POWERPYMES — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 00:13:25 +0000

[...] mundo no conoce a nadie que luche tanto por su dinero como ella y le pidió (o demandó) a Scribd que quite de su sitio los libros de Harry Potter que algunos ociosos han subido para que los tres o cuatro habitantes del planeta que no los han [...]

By: Rowling contra Scribd | Tecnoculto

Rowling contra Scribd | Tecnoculto — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:03:13 +0000

[...] Scribd ha respondido que eliminará las copias, pero tampoco se puede convertir en censor y policía del contenido que suben sus usuarios, dada la naturaleza del sitio. Muchos autores, inclusive, han visto a Scribd como una oportunidad de dar a conocer sus trabajos, publicando capítulos de los mismos, lo cual anima al lector a comprar la obra. Por supuesto que en Scribd hay mucho material ilegal, pero en general es un sitio que respeta, hasta donde es posible técnicamente, la autoría de los libros que se suben y cuenta con una amplia base de datos que detecta cierto contenido con derechos de autor. [...]

By: » geeky stuff getting up harry potter’s nose!

» geeky stuff getting up harry potter’s nose! — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:21:21 +0000

[...] in a spot o bodder with some authors. Has 55 million visitors a month! The folk behind Harry Potter aren’t happy with it.. Share and [...]

By: 3 Count: Scribus Takedownius | PlagiarismToday

3 Count: Scribus Takedownius | PlagiarismToday — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:22:21 +0000

[...] 2: Harry Potter Author JK Rowling Attacks Scribd For Pirated Content [...]

By: Bob

Bob — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:36:28 +0000

No. It’s not obvious to me. This is a commercial site. They’re not offering any commentary about the picture what-so-ever.

By: gay icon

gay icon — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:59:35 +0000

Thanks to Rowling for publicizing the gay cause. For her effort in educating kids about homosexuality.

By: Ryan R

Ryan R — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 07:43:06 +0000

I hope she doesn’t lose too much money to all that piracy.

By: Typhoon

Typhoon — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 07:16:25 +0000

Lolz. That picture is really in the same situation as the post talks about..

http://www.smartbloggerz.com

By: author2.0

author2.0 — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 06:07:39 +0000

Surely you’re joking, Bob

It’s called “fair use” and you would immediately notice another example of fair use in this comment. But then, the dead man will come back and sue me, OMG!
(The law allows copyright for far more than the life time of the author, and that lowly status for copyright law was achieved in the 80s, IIRC)

By: author2.0

author2.0 — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 06:01:42 +0000

How about asking the authors for a storyline and pledging an amount in escrow.

If Ms Rowling is reading this, here’s a request:
Please make us a scifi thriller where the vikings of yore fight with the LOTR characters in a convenient plot, where the wizards from the land of Potter actually take sides and help the part that they support (good for good, bad for bad). You don’t even need to portray one as good and another as bad, you can simply make a very complex statement about the state of the times with analogies. How mixed and conflicting principles force a gray, case-by-case solution and resolution of conflict rather than an all out war-to-death on a popular battleground. Introduce some ancient mystics and powers that are not of the wizard land and make a franchise out of this whole thing – and make money from those – the toys, the clothes, the “events”, swag and stuff.
Author2.0, please, mashups are the cool thing.

Scifi mashups can be big in $$ terms – but that needs you to be flexible about IPR. Licensing and shit like that does not work because eventually you are trying to control the consumers’ wallets. Make it free and encourage fair use and encourage mashups – a lesson that even *Microsoft* is beginning to learn – interoperability, funding their sworn enemy – Apache, using JQuery, giving out Express editions and so on.
Make a marketplace for mashups for creative people to create without fear of legal warfare.
You can make your next novel fully free, you made enough money for 2 generations to live royally.

What’s better, begging or giving?

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:37:28 +0000

said the guy who didn’t have the balls to leave his real name/website.

By: Polish Peter

Polish Peter — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:57:39 +0000

whatever happened to the court cases that claimed plagarism on her ?
or was that like a facebook thing

By: Polish Peter

Polish Peter — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:55:20 +0000

Actually I have had the mis-fortune to meet her twice. Once at a charity dinner, the other time at the Bafta’s
Regardless of the fact that she managed to write books that engaged the minds of 12yr olds so well, and that neither evening was about her she was a dour, sour faced, needy and whining bitch. IMHO.

By: Stuart

Stuart — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:20:32 +0000

What is she moaning about. I found some of our ebooks on Scribd, filed a DMCA (by email) and they were gone inside of 24 hours. Sure I’d prefer not to have to do it, but it was dealt with far far faster than say a DMCA request to Google.

By: Bloobeard

Bloobeard — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 23:42:50 +0000

There’s no such thing as bad publicity. This could help Scribd more than harm it if they act quickly to avoid law suits.

By: powerpop

powerpop — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 23:25:54 +0000

Rowling lives in the UK while the DMCA laws are US only. The fact that these kinds of articles are coming up now means that Scribd is just now creeping into the mainstream.

By: Gary

Gary — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:05:16 +0000

Kyle is right on point – what most of the ethically challenged ignore in the name of it should be free if I want to take it – is that the first people to get hurt are not the fat cats, but the rank and file who work for the companies and when the companies can’t profit – they lay them off. So when you steal it isn’t Jeff Zucker or Rowling who goes hungry but some single mom who was just getting by. Real nice so some spoiled suburban kid doesn’t have to spend his allowance.

By: antje wilsch

antje wilsch — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:02:08 +0000

*zing* on getting the CEO’s name wrong… funny