Comments on: Illegal Potter 6 netcast: HEAR a sample of the fine narration–probably a pick-up of a CD or cassette http://www.teleread.com/copy-right/the-pirate-cast-of-harry-potter-6-an-audio-sample/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Wed, 15 Feb 2012 05:35:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: David Rothman http://www.teleread.com/copy-right/the-pirate-cast-of-harry-potter-6-an-audio-sample/comment-page-1/#comment-1562 David Rothman Sat, 23 Jul 2005 22:37:15 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=3245#comment-1562 Sorry, but Harry Potter books aren't free in either text nor audio--except from your library, perhaps. The audio, by the way, may not be out yet in the U.K. Check sites such as Amazon.com or the localized versions of the site. Happy reading/listening! - DR Sorry, but Harry Potter books aren’t free in either text nor audio–except from your library, perhaps. The audio, by the way, may not be out yet in the U.K. Check sites such as Amazon.com or the localized versions of the site. Happy reading/listening! – DR

]]> By: joshua vedder http://www.teleread.com/copy-right/the-pirate-cast-of-harry-potter-6-an-audio-sample/comment-page-1/#comment-1561 joshua vedder Sat, 23 Jul 2005 19:42:11 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=3245#comment-1561 where do i get it and is it free please tell me because it is everything to me where do i get it and is it free please tell me because it is everything to me

]]> By: Christopher Woods http://www.teleread.com/copy-right/the-pirate-cast-of-harry-potter-6-an-audio-sample/comment-page-1/#comment-1514 Christopher Woods Wed, 20 Jul 2005 05:20:59 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=3245#comment-1514 I'll download it, I'll listen to it, but I'll still buy the UK version, because Steven Fry is the consummate storyteller, his voice is perfectly suited to audiobooks. I have to laugh at the fact that they've revoiced the audiobook with a different person for the US market... What's the point? Steven Fry's already read it, he's very understandable, his voice is great... Makes no sense. I’ll download it, I’ll listen to it, but I’ll still buy the UK version, because Steven Fry is the consummate storyteller, his voice is perfectly suited to audiobooks. I have to laugh at the fact that they’ve revoiced the audiobook with a different person for the US market… What’s the point? Steven Fry’s already read it, he’s very understandable, his voice is great… Makes no sense.

]]> By: David Rothman http://www.teleread.com/copy-right/the-pirate-cast-of-harry-potter-6-an-audio-sample/comment-page-1/#comment-1488 David Rothman Tue, 19 Jul 2005 03:53:17 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=3245#comment-1488 Thanks for your thoughts, John. Like you, I'm against piracy. And I don't think that J.K. Rowling has a legal obligation to release anything. But in my opinion she'd be (still) richer if she did authorize e-books of her works. You bet she deserves royalties. That's the sad thing. The pirated copies leave her without any royalties from the bit-and-byte versions. More than a few techie Potter fans would love to be able to buy legal copies of both the texts and the audios. Meanwhile, keep in mind that if her heirs are Luddites, it could be a century or so before legal e versions of Potter books appeared in the states. Especially there is the moral issue of depriving Net-oriented young people of the works in an electronic form. "Shameful." - David Thanks for your thoughts, John. Like you, I’m against piracy. And I don’t think that J.K. Rowling has a legal obligation to release anything. But in my opinion she’d be (still) richer if she did authorize e-books of her works. You bet she deserves royalties. That’s the sad thing. The pirated copies leave her without any royalties from the bit-and-byte versions. More than a few techie Potter fans would love to be able to buy legal copies of both the texts and the audios. Meanwhile, keep in mind that if her heirs are Luddites, it could be a century or so before legal e versions of Potter books appeared in the states. Especially there is the moral issue of depriving Net-oriented young people of the works in an electronic form. “Shameful.” – David

]]> By: John LeBlanc http://www.teleread.com/copy-right/the-pirate-cast-of-harry-potter-6-an-audio-sample/comment-page-1/#comment-1486 John LeBlanc Tue, 19 Jul 2005 00:09:01 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=3245#comment-1486 The .WAV sample is Jim Dale, who voiced the other Potter audio books (at least for the USA markets.) If this is the audio version make the rounds on the Internet, it's unauthorized. Shameful. And not the first time, I might add. I guess most people see the word "copyright" and completely ignore the meaning of the third syllable. That someone -- anyone -- demands an Internet-downloadable version of either the book or the audio version does not obligate the copyright owner to release same, nor does it release from legal ramifications anyone who puts the thing on the Internet. John The .WAV sample is Jim Dale, who voiced the other Potter audio books (at least for the USA markets.) If this is the audio version make the rounds on the Internet, it’s unauthorized. Shameful. And not the first time, I might add.

I guess most people see the word “copyright” and completely ignore the meaning of the third syllable.

That someone — anyone — demands an Internet-downloadable version of either the book or the audio version does not obligate the copyright owner to release same, nor does it release from legal ramifications anyone who puts the thing on the Internet.

John

]]> By: David Rothman http://www.teleread.com/copy-right/the-pirate-cast-of-harry-potter-6-an-audio-sample/comment-page-1/#comment-1464 David Rothman Sun, 17 Jul 2005 18:54:55 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=3245#comment-1464 Thanks for your thoughts, Dan--valuable as usual. I'm still placing my bets on the audio being an unauthorized pickup of a legal version. Check out <a href="http://wm.amazon.usa.speedera.net/wm.amazon.usa/books/Jim_Dale_Potter6.wma" rel="nofollow">Amazon.com's audio interview with Jim Dale</a>, reader of the legal Potter audio released in the States. Compare his voice to the <a href="http://www.teleread.com/potteraudioshort.wav" rel="nofollow">sample from the pirated online version</a>. My belief, as you can tell, is that both the unauthorized text and audio are authentic. <em>Not quite related but something worth mentioning:</em> Via <a href="http://www.amazon.com">Amazon.com</a>, Potter fans can also read an <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/feature/-/6230/102-0385168-8730561" rel="nofollow">interesting text interview with Rowling herself</a>. - David Thanks for your thoughts, Dan–valuable as usual. I’m still placing my bets on the audio being an unauthorized pickup of a legal version. Check out Amazon.com’s audio interview with Jim Dale, reader of the legal Potter audio released in the States. Compare his voice to the sample from the pirated online version. My belief, as you can tell, is that both the unauthorized text and audio are authentic.

Not quite related but something worth mentioning: Via Amazon.com, Potter fans can also read an interesting text interview with Rowling herself.

– David

]]> By: Dan Jackson http://www.teleread.com/copy-right/the-pirate-cast-of-harry-potter-6-an-audio-sample/comment-page-1/#comment-1463 Dan Jackson Sun, 17 Jul 2005 17:50:43 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=3245#comment-1463 Interestingly enough, the UK audio CD version (read by the wonderful Stephen Fry) is not released until the end of August (see my URI for a link to it on Amazon and further details). There is no real technical barrier to broadcasting the audio book over the Net - it can be done by a single person, and does not require the teams of people working on it that the pirating of the text version did. Shoutcast software is freely available, and CD-ripping tools are very common. Speech is generally considered to require less bitrate than music, so whoever was behind the broadcast probably compressed it down as far as it would go without becoming distorted in order to either save bandwidth or increase the number of people who could listen at once. As far as J.K.Rowling's dire imprecations against the dangers of pirated eBooks are concerned, there would seem to be some truth in what she says - I have heard a rumour that prior to the release of Harry Potter 6, a fake version was circulating about the Internet which contained what was allegedly a well-written work of fan fiction. It occurs to me to wonder whether this might not have been some sort of tactic to try and thwart pirates (putting false files onto P2P networks is not an unknown strategy, for example) but if it was, it seems to have failed spectacularly. Interestingly enough, the UK audio CD version (read by the wonderful Stephen Fry) is not released until the end of August (see my URI for a link to it on Amazon and further details).

There is no real technical barrier to broadcasting the audio book over the Net – it can be done by a single person, and does not require the teams of people working on it that the pirating of the text version did. Shoutcast software is freely available, and CD-ripping tools are very common. Speech is generally considered to require less bitrate than music, so whoever was behind the broadcast probably compressed it down as far as it would go without becoming distorted in order to either save bandwidth or increase the number of people who could listen at once.

As far as J.K.Rowling’s dire imprecations against the dangers of pirated eBooks are concerned, there would seem to be some truth in what she says – I have heard a rumour that prior to the release of Harry Potter 6, a fake version was circulating about the Internet which contained what was allegedly a well-written work of fan fiction. It occurs to me to wonder whether this might not have been some sort of tactic to try and thwart pirates (putting false files onto P2P networks is not an unknown strategy, for example) but if it was, it seems to have failed spectacularly.

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