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FEBRUARY 25, 2007 at 10:33 PM
Posted by GERI
Source: The Times
J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter books, has sued
the web site eBay for the sale of illegal electronic copies of her books in India.
According to Neil Blair, Rowling’s legal adviser at the Christopher Little Literary Agency:
Over the years eBay has appeared to be unwilling to control sellers on their site offering pirated or forged Harry Potter items for sale to innocent fans. We have asked eBay on numerous occasions to assist by taking preventative steps to avoid these sales - steps that we are aware they can introduce. As these requests were not heeded we had no choice but to seek judicial intervention.
J. K. Rowling has previously warned fans on her own website about the sale of fake signed books and other pirated Harry Potter e-books on eBay.
As recently as January JKR posted a warning on her site about illegal versions of the books and has stated on numerous occasions that her books are not available for download.
She has also warned fans about the number of fraudulently autographed and unauthorized items that have appeared for sale on eBay. We also reported back in February that no e-book version of Deathly Hallows would be published as this helps with the "growing incidents of piracy."
UPDATE: Today eBay India denied JK's claims that they have done anything wrong.
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Witch
Points: 983
Weasleyismyking!/R/Hrfrv says:
I agree with Jo. What this people are doing is deliberately disrespecting her job.
Posted Mar 21, 2007 at 9:30 PM EST
Auror
Points: 2465
undisputed760 says:
She has all the right in the world to sue ebay. Those books are pirated and pirating is illegal and they allowed them to be sold on their site.
Posted Mar 23, 2007 at 10:39 PM EST
Lupin's Eternal Love
Points: 3090
BlackKatL says:
Good for Jo!!! She has all the right to sue E-bay!! Plus She's not only protecting herself, but us too!
She dosen't want us paying a lot of money for something that Isn't real!
Thank You JKR!
Posted Mar 27, 2007 at 2:16 PM EST
Squib
Points: 196
Postal For Potter says:
I can't blame her for suing. I would too. She's just protecting herself and her fans.
Posted Jun 24, 2007 at 10:29 PM EST
Honeydukes Eye Candy
Points: 3501
Pansyful says:
Over the years eBay has appeared to be unwilling to control sellers on their site offering pirated or forged Harry Potter items for sale to innocent fans. We have asked eBay on numerous occasions to assist by taking preventative steps to avoid these sales - steps that we are aware they can introduce.
Posted Dec 7, 2007 at 3:06 AM EST
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