Harry Potter and the Ignored Embargo
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According to reports, some party poopers have decided to post details about the final installment of the Harry Potter series, scheduled for sale on Saturday – with one spoilsport going so far as to take pictures of each and every page and upload them onto the web. According to Salon.com:
Someone has meticulously snapped shots of each page. Some who've discussed leaked copies say that they've seen only Pages 1 through 495. But the copy I have includes all the pages; I could, if I wanted to, tell you the very last line of the very last Harry Potter book right now…
How did "Potter" get out? I have no idea. One account fingers a Canadian fellow named Byron Ng who says he stumbled upon the cache after some intrepid Web searching. But it's a complete mystery who posted the pictures. The person's fingers can be seen in some of the shots, and there's an occasional glimpse of a brown shoe. All you can tell is that the person is white and has a taste for drab carpeting -- not to mention extremely good connections.
